“Neither pleasure nor pain should enter as motives when one must do what must be done.”

—  Julius Evola

Source: Ride the Tiger: A Survival Manual for the Aristocrats of the Soul

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Italian philosopher and esotericist 1898–1974
Julius Evola quote: “Neither pleasure nor pain should enter as motives when one must do what must be done.”

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