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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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Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. What puts man in a higher state of evolution is that he has got his laugh on the right end. – Max Eastman

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Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind. – 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 essence of pleasure is spontaneity. – Germaine Greer

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We can often endure an extra pound of pain far more easily than we can suffer the withdrawal of an ounce of accustomed pleasure. – Sydney J. Harris

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In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures. – Cicero

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Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly. – Pierre Bonnard

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