Weight Effort

Famous quotes containing the words weight and/or effort:

“When a house is tottering to its fall,
The strain lies heaviest on the weakest part,
One tiny crack throughout the structure spreads,
And its own weight soon brings it toppling down.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

“Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.”
—Herodotus (c. 484–424 B.C.)