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If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direct

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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Men may scoff, and men may pray, but they pay every pleasure with a pain. – William Henley

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The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business. – Aaron Burr

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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. – Aristotle

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