The Roman Empire of the Second Century, Or, The Age of the AntoninesC. Scribner's, 1893 - 226 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 124 - IN THE morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present- I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exist and for which I was brought into the world?
الصفحة 126 - ... he knows what he has done. A third in a manner does not even know what he has done, but he is like a vine which has produced grapes, and seeks for nothing more after it has once produced its proper fruit. As a horse when he has run, a dog when he has...