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Hanoi is a unique city in the world of which a vibrant history is so subtly displayed on every street. Ancient oriental landmarks mingle with present-day tube-houses ushering visitors to interesting hidden alleys. Remains of French colonial buildings situated along splendid boulevards enlighten the city center. Not far away, the heart of Hanoi called the ‘Old Quarter’ fascinates both tourists and locals with an incredible abundance of retail shops, markets, and food stalls. Hanoi is well-known for its varied selection of street foods. The culture is so lively, it spills on pavements, it lives in her veins. With a thousand-year of dramatic history since its establishment in 1010, Hanoi hence offers a variety of museums and art galleries as well as relic sites telling intriguing stories she witnessed. Moreover, dozens of craft villages scattered around the city’s outskirt will be a perfect get-away from the mess of motorbikes in the center and demonstrate the creativity of native people. Hanoi now serves as the capital city of Vietnam but beyond the country’s political hub, she is regarded as the capital of fun, joy, and hidden charms.

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But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?

But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?

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