To make an action honorable, it ought to be agreeable to the age, and other circumstances of the person; since it is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.
To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood.
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To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood.
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