If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.
Marcus Tullius CiceroShould this my firm persuasion of the soul's immortality prove to be a mere delusion, it is at least a pleasing delusion, and I will cherish it to my last breath.
Marcus Tullius CiceroI will go further, and assert that nature without culture can often do more to deserve praise than culture without nature.
Marcus Tullius Cicero