The ordinary bloke suffers every time he chooses between spending a buck on beer or tucking it away for his kids, between getting up to go to work or losing his job. But he always chooses what hurts least or pleasures most.
 Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land (1961). copy citation

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Author Robert A. Heinlein
Source Stranger in a Strange Land
Topic suffering pleasure
Date 1961
Language English
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