Excerpt from The Man of Pleasure Moralists may preach, and fanatics may rail, but true philosophy applauds more heartily a genial and clever man of the world who amuses himself than the grim-visaged individual who has never known a taste Of real enjoyment or pleasure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.