All other creatures look down toward the earth, but man was given a face so that might turn his eyes toward the stars and his gaze upon the sky.
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As God is propitiated by the blood of a hundred bulls, so also is he by the smallest offering of incense.
[Lat., Sed tamen ut fuso taurorum sanguine centum,
Sic capitur minimo thuris honore deux.]
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It is hope which makes the shipwrecked sailor strike out with his arms in the midst of the sea, though no land is in sight.
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Rare is the virtue that's not ruled by Fortune,
That stands unshaken even when Fortune flees.
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