Quote from Lord Chesterfield

An uninterrupted life of pleasure is as insipid as contemptible…A surfeited glutton, an emaciated sot, and an enervated rotten whoremaster never enjoy the pleasures to which they devote themselves; they are only so many human sacrifices to false...

Arrian

Arrian (Flavius Arrianus) C. A.D. 96-180 Arrian was a Greek, born in Nicomedia. Emperor Hadrian appointed him Governor of Cappadocia from A.D 131 to 137, and he saw some military service. Arrian is considered the prime historian of Alexander the Great, but since he...