Man is not free to refuse to ...

Man is not free to refuse to do the thing which gives him more pleasure than any other conceivable action.
Man is not free to refuse to do the thing which gives him more pleasure than any other conceivable action.
 Stendhal

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Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
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This is the curse of our age, even the strangest aberrations are no cure for boredom.
 Stendhal
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The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.
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The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
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