Meditations, 8.12

Marcus Aurelius  translated by George Long

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12When thou risest from sleep with reluctance, remember that it is according to thy constitution and according to human nature to perform social acts, but sleeping is common also to irrational animals. But that which is according to each individual’s nature, is also more peculiarly its own, and more suitable to its nature, and indeed also more agreeable.

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