It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgement

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgement. Cicero quoting Cato the Elder on old age. Section 17.

Image: The boxer Damoxenos by Antonio Canova, 1800, at the Museo Pio-Clementino (Vatican Museums) courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributor Marie-Lan Nguyen.