Epictetus — "If a man has a bad smell, he may be asked, 'To what does this belong?' To a man.…"
If a man has a bad smell, he may be asked, 'To what does this belong?' To a man. 'Yes, but to a bad man.' To a bad man? 'Yes, for he is a beast.'
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