But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out of his belly, contending with the strange rapacity of savage life, the lower stage of creation, he cannot make the…

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently...

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently...

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man...

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man...

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

Law is intelligence, whose natural function it is to command right conduct and forbid wrongdoing.

Law is intelligence, whose natural function it is to command right conduct and forbid wrongdoing.

A home without books is a body without soul.

A home without books is a body without soul.

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Laws are silent in time of war.

Laws are silent in time of war.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of...

The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of...

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without...

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without...

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of...

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of...

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the...

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the...

Thrift is of great revenue.

Thrift is of great revenue.

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not...

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not...

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of...

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of...

There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me...

There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me...

In the middle of a world that had always been a bit mad, the cat...

In the middle of a world that had always been a bit mad, the cat...