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Fools admire and love those things they see hidden in verses turned all upside down, and take for truth what sweetly strokes

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 Fools admire and love those things they see hidden in verses turned all upside down, and take for truth what sweetly strokes

Mar 09,2024

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Speech is a powerful master, which by means of the smallest and most invisible body accomplishes most divine deeds. For it

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 Speech is a powerful master, which by means of the smallest and most invisible body accomplishes most divine deeds. For it

Jan 04,2024

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The priests of the temple of Zeus at Dodona say that the first prophecies were the words of an oak. Everyone who lived at

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 The priests of the temple of Zeus at Dodona say that the first prophecies were the words of an oak. Everyone who lived at

Apr 13,2021

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My wonderful man, you’re trying to refute me in oratorical style, the way people in law courts do when they think they’

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 My wonderful man, you’re trying to refute me in oratorical style, the way people in law courts do when they think they’

Nov 24,2020

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This is what that skilled and good orator will look to when he applies to people’s souls whatever speeches he makes as well

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 This is what that skilled and good orator will look to when he applies to people’s souls whatever speeches he makes as well

Oct 27,2020

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