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"On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike
men
who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by
desire, that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue; and equal
blame
belongs to those who fail in their duty through weakness of will, which is the same as
saying
through shrinking from toil and pain. These cases are perfectly simple and easy to
distinguish.
In a free hour, when our power of choice is untrammelled and when nothing prevents our being
able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to be welcomed and every pain avoided. But
in
certain circumstances and owing to the claims of duty or the obligations of business it will
frequently occur that pleasures have to be repudiated and annoyances accepted. The wise man
therefore always holds in these matters to this principle of selection: he rejects pleasures
to
secure other greater pleasures, or else he endures pains to avoid worse pains."
