Nec vero per se magno opere laudaverim duritiam corporis ac lacertorum; sed, si his validior ipso corpore animus imperitet, quem non fortunae indulgentia emolliat, non copiae principales ad segnitiem luxumque detorqueant, tunc ego seu montibus seu mari exerceatur, et laetum opere corpus et crescentia laboribus membra mirabor.
Not that I think so highly of hardness of physique and muscle as such, unless the body is ruled by a mind more powerful than itself, one which is neither softened by fortunes favour nor led astray by imperial riches into idleness and excess; in this case a body which thrives on work and sinews developed by service, whether trained on mountain or at sea, will win my admiration.
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