"It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do."
"To live without loving is not really to live."
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Source: Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 495-500, Les Femmes Savantes (1672), V. 5, 1922.
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