Library of Samuel Teleki: Part One

Life itself, indeed, is almost like iron: if you use it, it wears away; if you do not use it, rust destroys it. 2.) Yet how many of the strongest Emperors and Generals could we list, who were also most devoted to the study of letters, who, born in splendor and overflowing with wealth, loved studies just as the poor do! Could we not list Socrates, Epaminondas, Xenophon, and Pericles; could we not list among the Princes of the Romans, the Julii, the Octaviani, the Antonini, the Augusti; could we not list the Scipios, the Luculli, the Fabii, the Marcelli, the Laelii?

1.) This is shown most learnedly and clearly by the distinguished C. Meiners in his book: Historische Vergleichung der Sitten und Verfassungen etc. in Rücksicht auf die Vortheile und Nachteile der Aufklärung Historical Comparison of Morals and Constitutions etc. in regard to the advantages and disadvantages of the Enlightenment.
2.) M. P. Cato, fragment c. Sallust, Havercamp, and Aulus Gellius, Book XI, chapter 2.