The Pleasures Of The World Are Deceitful; They Promise More Than They Give. They Trouble Us In Seeking Them, They Do Not Satisfy Us When Possessing Them And They Make Us Despair In Losing Them. - SearchQuotes

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The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when possessing them and they make us despair in losing them.

Madame De Lambert

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