Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values Truth, Death, Progress, Struggle, Joy, etc. Its victorious rival is Desire we are always being told about Desire, never about Pleasure. (Roland Barthes)

Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values Truth, Death, Progress, Struggle, Joy, etc. Its victorious rival is Desire we are always being told about Desire, never about Pleasure.

Roland Barthes

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