01 On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation
02 and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the 
03 charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire,
04 that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound 
05 to ensue; and equal blame belongs to those who fail in their
06 duty through weakness of will, which is the same as saying
07 through shrinking from toil and pain. These cases are perfectly
08 simple and easy to distinguish. In a free hour, when our power
09 of choice is untrammelled and when nothing prevents our being
10 able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to be welcomed
11 and every pain avoided. But in certain circumstances and owing
12 to the claims of duty or the obligations of business it will
13 frequently occur that pleasures have to be repudiated and
14 annoyances accepted. The wise man therefore always holds in
15 these matters to this principle of selection: he rejects
16 pleasures to secure other greater pleasures, or else he endures
17 pains to avoid worse pains."
18
19 On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation
20 and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the 
21 charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire,
22 that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound 
23 to ensue; and equal blame belongs to those who fail in their
24 duty through weakness of will, which is the same as saying
25 through shrinking from toil and pain. These cases are perfectly
26 simple and easy to distinguish. In a free hour, when our power
27 of choice is untrammelled and when nothing prevents our being
28 able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to be welcomed
29 and every pain avoided. But in certain circumstances and owing
30 to the claims of duty or the obligations of business it will
31 frequently occur that pleasures have to be repudiated and
32 annoyances accepted. The wise man therefore always holds in
33 these matters to this principle of selection: he rejects
34 pleasures to secure other greater pleasures, or else he endures
35 pains to avoid worse pains."
36
37 On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation
38 and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the 
39 charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire,
40 that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound 
41 to ensue; and equal blame belongs to those who fail in their
42 duty through weakness of will, which is the same as saying
43 through shrinking from toil and pain. These cases are perfectly
44 simple and easy to distinguish. In a free hour, when our power
45 of choice is untrammelled and when nothing prevents our being
46 able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to be welcomed
47 and every pain avoided. But in certain circumstances and owing
48 to the claims of duty or the obligations of business it will
49 frequently occur that pleasures have to be repudiated and
50 annoyances accepted. The wise man therefore always holds in
51 these matters to this principle of selection: he rejects
52 pleasures to secure other greater pleasures, or else he endures
53 pains to avoid worse pains."
