$html='On the other hand, we de­nounce with righ­teous in­dig­na­tion and dis­like men who are so be­guiled and de­mo­r­al­ized by the charms of plea­sure of the mo­ment, so blind­ed by de­sire, that they can­not fore­see the pain and trou­ble that are bound to en­sue; and equal blame be­longs to those who fail in their du­ty through weak­ness of will, which is the same as say­ing through shrink­ing from toil and pain. Th­ese cas­es are per­fect­ly sim­ple and easy to distin­guish. In a free hour, when our pow­er of choice is un­tram­melled and when noth­ing pre­vents our be­ing able to do what we like best, ev­ery plea­sure is to be wel­comed and ev­ery pain avoid­ed. But in cer­tain cir­cum­s­tances and ow­ing to the claims of du­ty or the obli­ga­tions of busi­ness it will fre­quent­ly oc­cur that plea­sures have to be re­pu­di­at­ed and an­noy­ances ac­cept­ed. The wise man there­fore al­ways holds in th­ese mat­ters to this prin­ci­ple of se­lec­tion: he re­jects plea­sures to se­cure other greater plea­sures, or else he en­dures pains to avoid worse pains.';
