Quote by Max Eastman
There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of

There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure. – Max Eastman

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It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor. – Max Eastman

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The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them. – Max Eastman

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If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the latter from human life. – Honore de Balzac

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The essence of pleasure is spontaneity. – Germaine Greer

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Short lived pleasure is the parent of pain. – Proverb

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Dont mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs. – Josh Billings

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Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of the imagination is incalculable. – Carl Jung

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The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons. – Edwin Powell Hubble

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Never stand between a dog and the hydrant. – John Peers

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Common sense hides shame. – Scottish Proverb

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