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Book VIII · 39

In the constitution of the rational animal I see no virtue which is opposed to justice; but I see a virtue which is opposed to love of pleasure, and that is temperance.

In the constitution of rational creatures I see no virtue incompatible with justice, but incompatible with pleasure I see—continence.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations VIII.39. Translated by George Long (1862). The Stoic Library.