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"He's of stature somewhat low— Your hero always should be tall, you know." – Charles Churchill, The Rosciad (1761)
"Ther nis no werkman, whatsoevere he be, That may bothe werke wel and hastily." – Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Canterbury Tales", 'The Merchant's Tale'.
"That it has pleased God to make Holy Scripture obscure in certain places lest, if it were perfectly clear to all, it might be vulgarized and subjected to disrespect or be so misunderstood by people of limited intelligence as to lead them into error." – Pope Gregory VII, in response to the request made in 1079 by Vratislaus, duke of Bohemia, seeking permission to use Slavonic in local church services. In "Awake!" magazine, December…
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