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. 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.
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. 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.
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. 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.
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. 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.