Henry Home, Lord Kames Quotes about Pleasure

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Such is the power of imagination, that even a chimerical pleasure in expectation affects us more than a solid pleasure in possession.

Imagination, Expectations, Pleasure

Henry Home (lord Kames.) (1818). “Introduction to the art of thinking, to which is prefixed an original life of the author”, p.62

Custom is the great leveller. It corrects the inequality of fortune by lessening equally the pleasures of the prince and the pains of the peasant.

Pain, Pleasure, Fortune

Henry Home (lord Kames.) (1818). “Introduction to the art of thinking, to which is prefixed an original life of the author”, p.32