Showing posts with label impossible to eradicate passions. Show all posts
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Friday, November 15, 2013

It is necessary now that a man, guided by…

It is necessary now that a man, guided by his senses, should find in virtue a genuine charm.It is impossible to eradicate the passions; one must, therefore, strive to guide them to salutary ends; and, accordingly, it is requisite that every man should satisfy them within the limits of virtue.

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy