Alan Watts Quote - Our pleasures are not material pleasures, but symbols of pleasure – attractively packaged but inferior in content.

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Our pleasures are not material pleasures, but symbols of pleasure – attractively packaged but inferior in content.

"Our pleasures are not material pleasures, but symbols of pleasure – attractively packaged but inferior in content."

— Alan Watts

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Author: Alan Watts
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