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3. There are some things, then, which are to be enjoyed, others
which are to be used, others still which enjoy and use. Those things
which are objects of enjoyment make us happy. Those things which are
objects of use assist, and (so to speak) support us in our efforts
after happiness, so that we can attain the things that make us happy
and rest in them. We ourselves, again, who enjoy and use these
things, being placed among both kinds of objects, if we set ourselves
to enjoy those which we ought to use, are hindered in our course, and
sometimes even led away from it; so that, getting entangled in the
love of lower gratifications, we lag behind in, or even altogether
turn back from, the pursuit of the real and proper objects of
enjoyment.
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