Full Idea
People do not enjoy the same things while their natural state is being replenished as they do when it is complete; in the restored state they enjoy things that are absolutely pleasant, but while it is being replenished they enjoy even unpleasant things.
Gist of Idea
While replenishing we even enjoy unpleasant things, but only absolute pleasures when we are replenished
Source
Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1152a03)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.251
A Reaction
This is a nice distinction, which ties in with the dictum "never go to the supermarket when you are hungry". It is also a nice illustration of Aristotle's vital moral view that there is a 'natural state' for a human being.