What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee.
Variant translations:
That which is not good for the bee-hive, cannot be good for the bee.
What does not benefit the hive is no benefit to the bee.
That which is not good for the bee-hive, cannot be good for the bee.
What does not benefit the hive is no benefit to the bee.
Meditations (c. 161–180 CE), Book VI, line 54 (or line 49 in some editions)
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