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The Emptiness of Pleasure

I said to myself, ‘Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure;(A) enjoy what is good.’ But it turned out to be futile. I said about laughter,(B) ‘It is madness,’ and about pleasure, ‘What does this accomplish? ’

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25 Woe to you who are now full,
for you will be hungry.
Woe to you[a] who are now laughing,
for you will mourn and weep.

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