A passage from Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 9.1

He who acts unjustly acts impiously. For since the universal nature has made rational animals for the sake of one another, he who acts contrary to nature commits impiety against the highest divinity.
Marcus Aurelius·Meditations·9.1·trans. George Long
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