Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things.
[Lat., Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere read more

Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things.
[Lat., Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.]

Men are blind in their own cause.

Men are blind in their own cause.

Mad let us grant him them, and now remains
That we find out the cause of this effect--
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Mad let us grant him them, and now remains
That we find out the cause of this effect--
Or rather say, the cause of this defect,
For this effect defective comes by cause.
Thus it remains, and the remainder thus.

Great causes and little men go ill together.

Great causes and little men go ill together.

Ask you what provocation I have had?
The strong antipathy of good to bad.

Ask you what provocation I have had?
The strong antipathy of good to bad.

The cause is hidden, but the result is known.
[Lat., Causa latet: vis est notissima.]

The cause is hidden, but the result is known.
[Lat., Causa latet: vis est notissima.]

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether read more

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by ;degrees, the consequences will be the same.

If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.

If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.

To all facts there are laws,
The effect has its cause, and I mount to the cause.

To all facts there are laws,
The effect has its cause, and I mount to the cause.