Our Character (mores) Is Not So Much The Product Of Race And Heredity, As
Of Circumstances By Which Nature Forms Habits, By Which We Are Nourished
And Live.
Our character (mores) is not so much the product of race and heredity, as
of circumstances by which nature forms habits, by which we are nourished
and live. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero "De Lege Agraria" (106-43 BCE)