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“There is an old song which asserts 'the best things in life are free.' Not true! Utterly false! This was the tragic fallacy which brought on the decadence and collapse of the democracies of the twentieth century; those noble experiments failed because the people had been led to believe that they could simply vote for whatever they wanted...and get it without toil, without sweat, without tears. Nothing of value is free. Even the breath of life is purchased at birth only through gasping effort and pain.”

Source: Starship Troopers

“What is the noble truth of suffering? Birth is suffering, ageing is suffering and sorrow and lamentation, pain, grief and despair are suffering.”

Pain Suffering Grief Birth Sorrow Despair Noble Ageing Lamentation

Author:Gautama Buddha

“Bravery is a mean state concerned with things that inspire confidence and with things fearful ... and leading us to choose danger and to face it, either because to do so is noble, or because not to do so is base. But to court death as an escape from poverty, or from love, or from some grievous pain, is no proof of bravery, but rather of cowardice.”

Mean States Pain Faces Poverty Danger Inspire Concerned Bravery Court Noble Proof Fearful Cowardice

Book:The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle

Source: The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle

“There is noting truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labor. The gods have set a price upon every real and noble pleasure.”

Real Pain Pleasure Labor Valuable Noble Without Pain

Author:Joseph Addison

“Genius! thou gift of Heav'n! thou Light divine! Amid what dangers art thou doom'd to shine! Oft will the body's weakness check thy force, Oft damp thy Vigour, and impede thy course; And trembling nerves compel thee to restrain Thy noble efforts, to contend with pain; Or Want (sad guest!) will in thy presence come, And breathe around her melancholy gloom: To Life's low cares will thy proud thought confine, And make her sufferings, her impatience, thine.”

Want Art Body Light Care Pain Suffering Courses Force Effort Danger Divine Proud Genius Lows Weakness Shining Breathe Noble Checks Thee Melancholy Nerves Guests Doom Impatience Gloom Trembling Damp

Book:Tales

Source: Tales

“Pleasure causes us to do base actions and pain causes us to abstain from doing noble actions.”

Action Pain Causes Pleasure Noble Nicomachean Ethics

Book:The Nicomachean ethics

Source: The Nicomachean ethics