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Meditations · Marcus Aurelius

XXXI. As long as the foot doth that which belongeth unto it

to do, and the hand that which belongs unto it, their labour,

whatsoever it be, is not unnatural. So a man as long as he doth

that which is proper unto a man, his labour cannot be against nature;

and if it be not against nature, then neither is it hurtful unto him.

But if it were so that happiness did consist in pleasure:

how came notorious robbers, impure abominable livers, parricides,

and tyrants, in so large a measure to have their part of pleasures?