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Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.

Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.

John Selden
Pain, Pleasure, Intermission
'Table Talk' (1689) 'Pleasure'

Pleasures are all alike simply considered in themselves: he that hunts, or he that governs the commonwealth, they both please themselves alike, only we commend that, whereby we ourselves receive some benefit.

John Selden
Benefits, Pleasure, Please
John Selden, Richard Milward (1689). “Table Talk: Being the Discourses of John Selden”, p.100

Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain, the enjoying of something I am in great trouble for till I have it.

John Selden
Pain, Trouble, Pleasure
John Selden (1847). “The Table-talk of John Selden Esq: With a Biographical Preface and Notes”, p.149

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