銆€銆€One century is the plagiarist of the other.
銆€銆€The battle of
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銆€銆€I don't attach much importance to victory. Nothing is so stupid as to conquer; true glory lies in convincing. But try to prove something!
銆€銆€If you
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銆€銆€Alas, vanity and cowardice everywhere.
銆€銆€Everything obeys success, even grammar. Si volet usus, says Horace.
銆€銆€Therefore I disdain the human race. Shall we descend to the party at all?
銆€銆€Do you wish me to begin admiring the peoples?
銆€銆€What people, if you please?
銆€銆€Shall
Nike high heels it be Greece? The Athenians, those Parisians of days gone by, slew Phocion, as we might say Coligny, and fawned upon tyrants to such an extent that Anacephorus said of Pisistratus:
銆€銆€"His urine attracts the bees." The most prominent man in Greece for fifty years was that grammarian Philetas, who
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銆€銆€He invented a trip.
銆€銆€That sums up Greece and glory.
銆€銆€Let us pass on to others.
銆€銆€Shall I admire England? Shall I admire France?
銆€銆€France?
銆€銆€Because of Paris?
銆€銆€I have just told you my opinion of Athens.
銆€銆€England?
銆€銆€Because of London? I hate Carthage.
銆€銆€And then, London, the metropolis of luxury, is the headquarters of wretchedness.
銆€銆€There are
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銆€銆€Such is Albion. I add, as the climax, that I have seen an Englishwoman dancing in a wreath of roses and blue spectacles.