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title: "4 Pleasure State Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [The whole pleasure of being in a state of unknowing is that as long as you don’t know, all possible outcomes feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/the-whole-pleasure-of-being-in-a-state-of-unknowing-is-that-as-long/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93e/john-green-12_feels_the-whole-pleasure-of-being-in-a-state-o_506322.jpg)

> [For pleasure is a state of soul, and to each man that which he is said to be a lover of is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/for-pleasure-is-a-state-of-soul-and-to-each-man-that-which-he-is-said/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4a/aristotle-78_lover_for-pleasure-is-a-state-of-soul-and-to-e_1772168.png)

> [ Music \[is\] a science peculiarly productive of a pleasure that no state of life, publick or private, secular or sacred; no difference… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-pepys/music-is-a-science-peculiarly-productive-of-a-pleasure-that-no-state/)

[Samuel Pepys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-pepys/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb7/samuel-pepys-13758_age_music-is-a-science-peculiarly-productive_2249344.jpg)

> [Once the state is looked upon as the source of rights, rather than their bound protector, freedom becomes conditional on the pleasure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mccarthy/once-the-state-is-looked-upon-as-the-source-of-rights-rather-than/)

[Mary McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mccarthy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/424/mary-mccarthy-2691_bounds_once-the-state-is-looked-upon-as-the-sou_2463610.png)

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