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Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In

Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough. – Sextus Propertius

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Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone? – Sextus Propertius

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By gold all good faith has been banished by gold our rights are abused the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint. – Sextus Propertius

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Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength. – Ovid

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As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed to the discontinuance of this disgraceful trade, because it would bring weakness and not strength to the union. – George Mason

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If a weakly mortal is to do anything in the world besides eat the bread thereof, there must be a determined subordination of the whole nature to the one aim no trifling with time, which is passing, with strength which is only too limited. – Beatrice Webb

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My workouts include aerobic exercise for a healthy cardiovascular system strength training to maintain muscle tone and bone density core strength exercise for a stable mid-section and stretching to maintain mobility. – Samantha Stosur

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