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I am whatever was, or is, or will be and my veil no mortal ever took up.
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Julius Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia, but declared at the trial that he knew nothing of what was alleged against her and Clodius. When asked why, in that case, he had divorced her, he replied: Because I would have the chastity of my wife clear even of suspicion.
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Antagoras the poet was boiling a conger, and Antigonus, coming behind him as he was stirring his skillet, said, Do you think, Antagoras, that Homer boiled congers when he wrote the deeds of Agamemnon? Antagoras replied, Do you think, O king, that Agamemnon, when he did such exploits, was a peeping in his army to see who boiled congers?
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The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so far as it disposes and eases his way to action by the greater trust that it procures him.
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