"The living voice is that which sways the soul."

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“Plenus annis abit, plenus honoribus.”

“By then day had broken everywhere, but here it was still night—no, more than night.”

“Nam nec historia debet egredi veritatem, et honeste factis veritas sufficit.”

“The younger Pliny's works, in Latin, at the Latin Library”

“Modestus said of Regulus that he was "the biggest rascal that walks upon two legs.”

“There is nothing to write about, you say. Well, then, write and let me know just this,—that there is nothing to write about; or tell me in the good old style if you are well. That's right. I am quite well.”

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