But in truth we both accuse and bring down those worthy of just hatred who, softened and corrupted by the flattery of present pleasures, do not foresee the pains and troubles they are about to experience, blinded by lust, and the like are in fault, who forsake their duties through the indolence of the mind, that is the flight of labors and pains. And indeed the distinction between these things is easy and expedient. For free time, when the choice is open to us and nothing hinders us.
