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... produce even your own dar- ling sole good , pleasure ; for self - denial is never a duty , or a reasonable action , but as it is a natural means of procuring more pleasure than you can taste without it ; so that this grave saint - like ...
... produce even your own dar- ling sole good , pleasure ; for self - denial is never a duty , or a reasonable action , but as it is a natural means of procuring more pleasure than you can taste without it ; so that this grave saint - like ...
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... produce even my own darling sole good - pleasure . Phil . True ; I told you that self - denial was never a duty , but when it was a natural means of pro- curing more pleasure than we could taste without it that as we all strongly desire ...
... produce even my own darling sole good - pleasure . Phil . True ; I told you that self - denial was never a duty , but when it was a natural means of pro- curing more pleasure than we could taste without it that as we all strongly desire ...
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... Produce this eternal , blooming god . dess , with never - fading charms , and see whether I will not embrace her with as much eagerness and rapture as you . Phil . You seem enthusiastically warm , Horatio : I will wait till you are cool ...
... Produce this eternal , blooming god . dess , with never - fading charms , and see whether I will not embrace her with as much eagerness and rapture as you . Phil . You seem enthusiastically warm , Horatio : I will wait till you are cool ...
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... produce real and unmixed happiness ; and these actions , by way of distinction , we call ac- tions morally good . Hor . You speak very clearly , Philocles : but that no difficulty may remain on my mind , pray tell me what is the real ...
... produce real and unmixed happiness ; and these actions , by way of distinction , we call ac- tions morally good . Hor . You speak very clearly , Philocles : but that no difficulty may remain on my mind , pray tell me what is the real ...
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... produced without right opinion ; it behoves us , above all things in this world , to take care that our own opinions of things be according to the nature of things . The founda- tion of all virtue and happiness is thinking rightly . He ...
... produced without right opinion ; it behoves us , above all things in this world , to take care that our own opinions of things be according to the nature of things . The founda- tion of all virtue and happiness is thinking rightly . He ...
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