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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.

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Following Emporer Nero's command, Let the Christians be exterminated!: . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
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Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
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