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

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

Ovid
Worry, Anxiety, Pleasure

There is a certain pleasure in weeping.

Ovid
Cry, Pleasure, Certain
Ovid (1879). “Ovid”

A safe pleasure is a tame pleasure.

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Safe, Pleasure
Ovid (1932). “The Love Books of Ovid”, p.189, Biblo & Tannen Publishers

Pleasure is sweetest when 'tis paid for by another's pain.

Ovid
Pain, Sadism, Pleasure
Ovid (1932). “The Love Books of Ovid”, p.135, Biblo & Tannen Publishers

That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least inviting.

Ovid
Pleasure, Inviting

What is lawful is undesirable; what is unlawful is very attractive. [Lat., Quod licet est ingratum quod non licet acrius urit.]

Ovid
Pleasure, Attractive, Unlawful

The pleasure that is granted to me from a sense of duty ceases to be a pleasure at all.

Ovid
Granted, Pleasure, Duty
Ovid (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ovid (Illustrated)”, p.328, Delphi Classics

We take no pleasure in permitted joys, But what's forbidden is more keenly sought.

Ovid
Joy, Pleasure, Forbidden

There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.

Ovid
Kind, Pleasure, Certain

Even pleasure cloys without variety.

Ovid
Pleasure, Variety

Alluring pleasure is said to have softened the savage dispositions (of early mankind). [Lat., Blanda truces animos fertur mollisse voluptas.]

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Savages, Pleasure, Said

There is no such thing as pure, unalloyed pleasure; some bitter ever mingles with the sweet.

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Sweet, Bitter, Pleasure

In sweet water there is a pleasure ungrudged by anyone.

Ovid
Sweet, Water, Pleasure

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