We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.
Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library, 1997.
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero, (Jan 3 106BC-3BC), Roman statesman, scholar, orator; He introduced Greek philosophy to ancient Rome; wrote De Republica.