Toil in pursuit of virtue

Devoted toil in the pursuit of virtue, and self-control in the ordering of one's life always yield delights that are pure and more abiding.  Isocrates to Demonicus.  Book 1.  Section 46.

:  Funerary monument of unknown Roman woman  as Ceres 235-250 CE echoing Greek scultpures
of Aphrodite from 5th century BCE photographed at the The Musée du Louvre in Paris, France.

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