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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.” — Jean le Rond d’Alembert
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.