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SUMMARY:1914 translation by H. Rackham
DESCRIPTION:"But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denoun
 cing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete ac
 count of the system\, and expound the actual teachings of the great explor
 er of the truth\, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects\, 
 dislikes\, or avoids pleasure itself\, because it is pleasure\, but becaus
 e those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter conseq
 uences 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 bec
 ause occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure h
 im some great pleasure. To take a trivial example\, which of us ever under
 takes laborious physical exercise\, except to obtain some advantage from i
 t? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a p
 leasure that has no annoying consequences\, or one who avoids a pain that 
 produces no resultant pleasure?"\nSection 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum e
 t Malorum"\, written by Cicero in 45 BC\n"At vero eos et accusamus et iust
 o odio dignissimos ducimus qui blanditiis praesentium voluptatum deleniti 
 atque corrupti quos dolores et quas molestias excepturi sint occaecati cup
 iditate non provident\, similique sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt molli
 tia animi\, id est laborum et dolorum fuga. Et harum quidem rerum facilis 
 est et expedita distinctio. Nam libero tempore\, cum soluta nobis est elig
 endi optio cumque nihil impedit quo minus id quod maxime placeat facere po
 ssimus\, omnis voluptas assumenda est\, omnis dolor repellendus. Temporibu
 s autem quibusdam et aut officiis debitis aut rerum necessitatibus saepe e
 veniet ut et voluptates repudiandae sint et molestiae non recusandae. Itaq
 ue earum rerum hic tenetur a sapiente delectus\, ut aut reiciendis volupta
 tibus maiores alias consequatur aut perferendis doloribus asperiores repel
 lat."
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