Men who are badly reared will venture to transgress even laws which are drawn up with minute exactness

Men who are badly reared will venture to transgress even laws which are drawn up with minute exactness, whereas those who are well brought up will be willing to respect even a simple code. Isocrates, Areopagiticus. Speech 7. Section 41.


Image: Farnese Sarcophagus with Revelers Gathering Grapes Roman Severan Period about 225 CE courtesy of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

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