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As a result of a general defect of nature, we are either more confident or more fearful of unusual and unknown things.

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Julius Caesar
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Gaius Julius Caesar IV
Gaius Iulius Caesar
Imperator Gaius Julius Gaii filius Gaii nepos Caesar Patris Patriae
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