“The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.”
Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
“To avoid pain, people avoid pleasure. To avoid death, they avoid life.”
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