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... sake of escaping still greater pains . XI . But let what has been said on this occasion suffice con- 37 cerning the brilliant and famous actions of illustrious men . We shall indeed find a fitting opportunity by and by for discoursing ...
... sake of escaping still greater pains . XI . But let what has been said on this occasion suffice con- 37 cerning the brilliant and famous actions of illustrious men . We shall indeed find a fitting opportunity by and by for discoursing ...
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... sake merely but because we prize sound health , and just as the pilot's art is praised on utilitarian and not on artistic grounds , because it supplies the principles of good navigation , so wisdom , which we must hold to be the art of ...
... sake merely but because we prize sound health , and just as the pilot's art is praised on utilitarian and not on artistic grounds , because it supplies the principles of good navigation , so wisdom , which we must hold to be the art of ...
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... sake , but because it brings quiet to our hearts and soothes them and appeases them by a kind of harmony . Temperance is in truth the virtue which warns us to follow reason in dealing with the objects of desire or repugnance . Nor ...
... sake , but because it brings quiet to our hearts and soothes them and appeases them by a kind of harmony . Temperance is in truth the virtue which warns us to follow reason in dealing with the objects of desire or repugnance . Nor ...
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... sake . Again , if by familiarity we get to love localities , shrines , cities , the exercise ground , the park , dogs , horses , and exhibitions either of gymnastics or of combats with beasts , how much more easily and properly may this ...
... sake . Again , if by familiarity we get to love localities , shrines , cities , the exercise ground , the park , dogs , horses , and exhibitions either of gymnastics or of combats with beasts , how much more easily and properly may this ...
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... sake of pleasure , if only he were secure from the cognisance of his fellow men . Then blushing ( for the force of nature is very great ) he makes his escape in this way , by denying that any addition can be made to the pleasure felt by ...
... sake of pleasure , if only he were secure from the cognisance of his fellow men . Then blushing ( for the force of nature is very great ) he makes his escape in this way , by denying that any addition can be made to the pleasure felt by ...
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