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The vices of our teachers are not to be imitated, their virtues are.

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Opulence is always the result of theft, if not committed by the actual possessor, then by his predecessor.

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To die is the lot of all, to commit homicide only of the weak man.

It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.

Innocence would be dead long ago if wickedness were always allied to power, and calumny could prevail in all that it seeks to accomplish.

Athletes as a rule are stronger than their backers; yet the weaker presses the stronger to put forth all his efforts.

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