Dost thou exist not at all for action or exertion?

Dost thou exist then to take thy pleasure, and not at all for action or exertion? Dost thou not see the little plants, the little birds, the ants, the spiders, the bees working together to put in order their several parts of the universe?  Marcus Aurelius.  Meditations.  Book 5.


Image: Mural from the triclinium of the Villa of Livia at Prima Porta Roman 1st century CE that I photographed at the Palazzo Massimo in Rome. 

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