10 sentences with 'pleasure'

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• « This morning I bought a fresh watermelon and ate it with great pleasure. »

• « The intense aroma of freshly brewed coffee is a pleasure that wakes me up every morning. »

• « As a lover of literature, I enjoy the pleasure of immersing myself in imaginary worlds through reading. »

• « The neurotransmitter norepinephrine, increases pleasure from sensory stimuli and regulates sleep. »

• « However, to practise it for pleasure or passion, gymnastics requires nothing more than an iron will to train. »

• « Eating balanced, good and healthy food not only brings pleasure, it is also the best and most effective way to ward off many diseases that plague mankind. »

• « An Athenian politician, Demosthenes, once said: "we have heirs for pleasure, regular prostitutes to attend to our physical needs, and wives to bear legitimate children and be faithful custodians of our homes". »

• « All the major schools of Hellenistic philosophy shared the same quest, albeit in different ways: to live in pleasure and tranquillity. Three are of particular importance: the Epicureans, the Stoics and the Cynics. »

• « Even the old belief that the sexual pleasure of both partners was necessary for procreation was abandoned (though it took until the late 18th century for that belief to atrophy), and women were reduced to passive receptacles whose pleasure was irrelevant. »

• « However, pleasure was not about overindulgence (which led to suffering - think indigestion and hangover), but refined enjoyment of food, drink, music and sex, although an interesting aspect of Epicurean philosophy was the idea that sexual pleasure was fine, but that emotional love was to be avoided, as it was all too likely to result in suffering. »

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