Gannello's Templates

"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."

"But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?"

"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."

"But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?"

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec fermentum nulla non nunc tempor hendrerit. Proin eget purus vel ligula faucibus venenatis. Quisque eu mauris id dolor commodo congue. Pellentesque nunc tortor, sagittis id ullamcorper vitae, venenatis non risus. Fusce mattis ultricies lacus et dignissim. Mauris vel mollis nunc. Phasellus sit amet arcu elit, non convallis nibh. Proin eu est metus. In metus nisi, suscipit in ullamcorper quis, ultrices at lectus. Pellentesque ultricies venenatis semper. Nulla quis dui ut est commodo consectetur. Nulla luctus, diam sit amet tempor tempus, felis orci suscipit ante, ac pretium eros lorem luctus ante. Mauris sed elit quis dolor dictum vehicula. Vivamus odio ante, egestas et pharetra ac, rhoncus ac lacus. Nam ac nisi vel nibh fermentum tempor at ac erat. Quisque nec eros nunc. Aenean eleifend, lorem vel facilisis fermentum, felis sapien interdum justo, ut pellentesque diam diam vitae orci. Donec faucibus orci in risus aliquam lobortis.


Curabitur venenatis purus eget orci tempus accumsan. Pellentesque tincidunt tempus fringilla. Sed eros sapien, iaculis id tincidunt eget, malesuada sit amet eros. Ut eleifend scelerisque egestas. Aliquam eget malesuada metus. Suspendisse id lacus leo, in accumsan magna. Phasellus fermentum, diam in egestas ornare, diam lacus bibendum dolor, nec lobortis nisi tortor porta est. Integer et scelerisque ante. Vivamus ac libero vitae nulla malesuada eleifend. Nulla condimentum dignissim nunc non sodales. Maecenas pharetra lorem at mi fringilla nec eleifend ante sagittis. Curabitur eu arcu ac quam auctor aliquam quis iaculis dolor. Cras mollis, est sit amet molestie bibendum, enim nibh mollis ipsum, et semper sem urna quis tellus. Etiam rutrum risus eu leo luctus in faucibus tortor dictum. Donec in nisl neque. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum interdum, orci sed congue placerat, enim metus facilisis diam, vel cursus elit lectus ac metus. Nam fermentum risus felis. Cras sit amet leo turpis.


Curabitur venenatis purus eget orci tempus accumsan. Pellentesque tincidunt tempus fringilla. Sed eros sapien, iaculis id tincidunt eget, malesuada sit amet eros. Ut eleifend scelerisque egestas. Aliquam eget malesuada metus. Suspendisse id lacus leo, in accumsan magna. Phasellus fermentum, diam in egestas ornare, diam lacus bibendum dolor, nec lobortis nisi tortor porta est. Integer et scelerisque ante. Vivamus ac libero vitae nulla malesuada eleifend. Nulla condimentum dignissim nunc non sodales. Maecenas pharetra lorem at mi fringilla nec eleifend ante sagittis. Curabitur eu arcu ac quam auctor aliquam quis iaculis dolor. Cras mollis, est sit amet molestie bibendum, enim nibh mollis ipsum, et semper sem urna quis tellus. Etiam rutrum risus eu leo luctus in faucibus tortor dictum. Donec in nisl neque. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum interdum, orci sed congue placerat, enim metus facilisis diam, vel cursus elit lectus ac metus. Nam fermentum risus felis. Cras sit amet leo turpis.