“The pleasures that give most joy are the ones that most rarely come.”
Democritus Ancient Greek philosopher, pupil of Leucippus, founder of the atomic theory
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
“Man cannot live without joy. That is why one deprived of spiritual joys goes over to carnal pleasures.”
— Thomas Aquinas, book Summa Theologica
II–II, q. 35, art. 4, ad. 2
Summa Theologica (1265–1274)
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