No one can be brave who considers pain to be the greatest evil in life, or can they be temperate who considers pleasure to be the highest good. (Cicero)

No one can be brave who considers pain to be the greatest evil in life, or can they be temperate who considers pleasure to be the highest good.

Cicero

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