“As in geometry, the oblique must be known, as well as the right; and in arithmetic, the odd as well as the even; so in actions of life, who seeth not the filthiness of evil, wanteth a great foil to perceive the beauty of virtue.”
Philip Sidney
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“A fair woman shall not only command without authority but persuade without speaking.”

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