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“A man loves mere pleasure in search of happiness, which rather led him into pain. If he had sought for purity, he would have be happier.”

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“There are crimes of which the motive is want; and for these Phaleas expects to find a cure in the equalization of property, which will take away from a man the temptation to be a highwayman, because he is hungry or cold. But want is not the sole incentive to crime; men also wish to enjoy themselves and not to be in a state of desire- they wish to cure some desire, going beyond the necessities of life, which preys upon them; nay, this is not the only reason- they may desire superfluities in order to enjoy pleasures unaccompanied with pain, and therefore they commit crimes.”

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Book:Politics
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“Such is the misfortune of the human condition that pain is our most lovely sentiment; pleasure affects us less than pain and hardly ever suffices to make up to us for it. In vain did some philosophers assert, while suppressing their groans in the midst of sufferings, that pain was not an evil at all. In vain did others place supreme happiness in sensuality—of which they nevertheless deprived themselves through fear of its consequences.”

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Author:Jean le Rond d’Alembert
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