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title: "4 Means Pleasure Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [In order to correctly define art, it is necessary, first of all, to cease to consider it as a means to pleasure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/in-order-to-correctly-define-art-it-is-necessary-first-of-all-to/)

[Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/)

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> [The word "hedonistic" to me means pleasure above all else. My pleasure above all else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-melamed/the-word-hedonistic-to-me-means-pleasure-above-all-else-my-pleasure/)

[Fred Melamed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-melamed/)

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> [“A child has no great wish to perfect himself in the use of an instrument of torture, but make it a means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-pennac/a-child-has-no-great-wish-to-perfect-himself-in-the-use-of-an/)

[Daniel Pennac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-pennac/)

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> [“Man in the misery of his illusions and unsatisfied desires, wings his flight to different religions, and doctrines, seeks redeception, a hypnotic,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-osman-spare-2/man-in-the-misery-of-his-illusions-and-unsatisfied-desires-wings-his/)

[Austin Osman, Spare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-osman-spare-2/)

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