"We are certainly in a common class..." - Quote by Saint Augustine
We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain.
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“Dammit Sir, it's your duty to get married. You can't always be living for pleasure!”
“Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind. Hear the music of voices, the song of birds, the mighty strains of an orchestra as if you would be stricken deaf tomorrow . . . Smell the perfume of flowers, taste with relish each morsel as if tomorrow you could never smell and taste again. Glory in all the facts of pleasure and beauty which the world reveals to you.”
“Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.”