And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification
There is a place where Contrarieties are equally True.
Where cheating is, there's mischief there.
Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief?
To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wildflower.
Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or reason usurps its place & governs the unwilling. And being restrain'd it by degrees becomes passive till it is only the shadow of desire.