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• “Purification of the soul ... consists in scorning the pleasures that arise through the senses, in not feasting the eyes on the silly exhibitions of jugglers or on the sight of bodies which gives the spur to sensual pleasure, in not permitting licentious songs to enter through the ears and drench your souls.”

• “We thus derive that the essence of a man's existence in this world is solely the fulfilling of mitzvoth, the serving of God and the withstanding of trials, and that the world's pleasures should serve only the purpose of aiding and assisting him, by way of providing him with the contentment and peace of mind requisite for the freeing of his heart for the service which devolves upon him.”

• “To frown at pleasure, and to smile in pain.”

• “Omnibus in rebus voluptatibus maximis fastidium finitimum est.”

• “There is a pleasure which is born of pain.”

• “Zu oft ist kurze Lust die Quelle langer Schmerzen!”

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