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

Topics: Effort Quotes

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

Reason should direct and appetite obey

Reason should direct and appetite obey

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become...

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become...

What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.

What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.

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...

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason...

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason...

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many...

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many...

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even...

This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even...

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

What then is freedom ? The power to live as one wishes

What then is freedom ? The power to live as one wishes

The more laws, the less justice.

The more laws, the less justice.

Lawyers (are) operators of the toll bridge across which anyone in search of justice has...

Lawyers (are) operators of the toll bridge across which anyone in search of justice has...

The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules...

The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules...