At vero eos et accusamus et iusto odio dignissimos ducimus qui blanditiis praesentium voluptatum deleniti atque corrupti quos dolores et quas molestias excepturi sint occaecati cupiditate non provident, similique sunt in culpa ui officia deserunt mollitia animi, id est laborum et dolorum fuga. Et harum quidem rerum facilis est et expedita.

Tłumaczenie H. Rackhama z 1914 roku żółw “But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I willgive you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, themaster-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, butbecause those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremelypainful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but

because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take atrivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage