Nor is there anyone who loves, seeks or desires pain in itself simply because it is pain, unless it comes to fortuitous circumstances in which toil and pain can give him great pleasure. To take a trivial example, who of us ever undergoes strenuous physical exercise except to derive benefit from it? But who has any right to blame a person who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no unpleasant consequences, or one who avoids pain that brings no resulting pleasure?

Nor is there anyone who loves, seeks or desires pain in itself simply because it is pain, unless it comes to fortuitous circumstances in which toil and pain can bring him great pleasure. To take a trivial example, who of us ever undergoes strenuous physical exercise except to derive benefit from it? But who has any right to blame a person who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no unpleasant consequences, or one who avoids pain that brings no resulting pleasure?