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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.

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Nothing is stronger than habit.
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I am dragged along by a strange new force. Desire and reason are pulling in different directions. I see the right way and approve it, but follow the wrong.
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Approve Desire Direction Follow Force Reason Strange Wrong
Love is a kind of warfare.
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Kind Love One Liner Warfare
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
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Anxiety Pleasure Pure
It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.
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Believe Convenient God
The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all.
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Cause Effect Hide Visible
Beauty is a fragile gift.
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Hurry to your goal together. That is full bliss when man and woman lie equally conquered.
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Bliss Conquer Equality Goals Hurry Togetherness Woman
What we have been, or now are, we shall not be tomorrow.
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Change Tomorrow
There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.
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Alcohol Nap Refresh Stimulation
I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.
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Birthday Dust Grains Youth
We believe slowly when belief brings pain.
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Sometimes tears carry the same weight as words.
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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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Death is less bitter punishment than death’s delay.
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Death Deep Delay Punishment
First appearance deceives many.
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