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"Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest."
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"Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution."

"In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary."

"A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him."

"There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in."

"The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything."

"In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad."
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"By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint."

"Age makes all things greater after their death; a name comes to the tongue easier from the grave."

"Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough."

"Anyone who is an enemy of mine, let him love women, but let he who is my friend rejoice in men."

"Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone?"
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