The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

The pleasures arising from thinking and learning will make us think and learn all the more. 1153a 23

We should aim rather at leveling down our desires than leveling up our means

Without pain, we fail to find the true pleasure of being.

The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance

The Puritan hated bear-baiting not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators