An idea from Ethics

Pleasure in itself is good, and pain in itself is bad. Mirth can’t be too much, and laughing is good as long as it doesn’t tip into excess. Assuredly nothing forbids man to enjoy himself, save grim and gloomy superstition.

From Ethics by Baruch Spinoza

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