The World's Best EssaysFrancis Henry Pritchard Harper & Brothers, 1929 - 1012 pages |
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... thou mayest not die murmuring , but cheerfully , truly , and from thy heart thankful to the gods . Remember how long thou hast been putting off these things , and how often thou hast received an opportunity from the gods , and yet dost ...
... thou mayest not die murmuring , but cheerfully , truly , and from thy heart thankful to the gods . Remember how long thou hast been putting off these things , and how often thou hast received an opportunity from the gods , and yet dost ...
Page 244
... thou art prosperous and honoured , art thou ? I say thou hast been a tyrant and a robber . Thou hast plun- dered the poor . Thou hast bullied the weak . Thou hast laid violent hands on the goods of the innocent and confiding . Thou hast ...
... thou art prosperous and honoured , art thou ? I say thou hast been a tyrant and a robber . Thou hast plun- dered the poor . Thou hast bullied the weak . Thou hast laid violent hands on the goods of the innocent and confiding . Thou hast ...
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... thou wilt see the truth . Not in things is this truth , not outside thee or abroad , but first of all in thine own labour upon thyself . If thou conquer and subdue thyself , then thou wilt be freer than thou hast ever dreamed , and thou ...
... thou wilt see the truth . Not in things is this truth , not outside thee or abroad , but first of all in thine own labour upon thyself . If thou conquer and subdue thyself , then thou wilt be freer than thou hast ever dreamed , and thou ...
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ANCIENT GREECE | 1 |
ANCIENT ROME | 39 |
QUINTILIANOf Jocularity | 51 |
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