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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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

While there's life, there's hope.

While there's life, there's hope.

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a...

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a...

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our...

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our...

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most...

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most...

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

A home without books is a body without soul.

A home without books is a body without soul.

Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.

Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he...

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he...

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom...

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom...

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.

Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes...

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes...

Superstition is a senseless fear of God

Superstition is a senseless fear of God

Thrift is of great revenue.

Thrift is of great revenue.

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he...

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he...