if Marius could have been persuaded to sacrifice to the Greek Muses and Graces, he would not have put the ugliest possible crown upon a most illustrious career in field and forum, nor have been driven by the blasts of passion, ill-timed ambition, and insatiable greed upon the shore of a most cruel and savage old age.
if Marius could have been persuaded to sa,crifice to the Greek Muses and Graces, he would not have put the ugliest possible crown upon a most illustrious career in field and forum nor have been drive.n by the blasts of passion, ill-timed ambition, and insatiable greed upon the shore of a most cruel and savage old age