A small gold trophy rests on a rumpled cream pillow in warm morning light.

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Cato  ·  1712

Joseph Addison

Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The line presents pleasant sleep as a reward of virtue. It associates being good with resting peacefully, suggesting the comfort of a clear conscience. The claim is an idealised moral observation about character and contentment, rather than a promise that good people never struggle to sleep.

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