"I know no man who feels deeper disgust than I do at the ambition, avarice, and profligacy of the priesthood, as well because every one of these vices is odious in itself, as because each of them separately and all of them together are utterly abhorrent in men making profession of a life dedicated to God."

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Source : Francesco Guicciardini (1949). “Ricordi”

Francesco Guicciardini

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“Have no age, transcend both past and future, and enter into the eternal present.”
“Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.”
“For Yesterday was once To-morrow.”

Source : Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis, Aulus Persius Flaccus, John Dryden (1693). “The Satires, Translated Into English Verse by J. Dryden ... Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus Made English by Mr. Dryden”
“I could identify for virtually every important figure in the history of modern continental philosophy an idea (or more than one) absolutely central to that philosopher's thought, whose original author was Fichte.”
“Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.”
“Maca boosts sex drive like crazy. And if there's any side effect, some people just have to stop taking it because they get so sexually stimulated... Kind of makes you feel a little like a superhero.”
“I'm not very cool. I have a really hard time meeting people and stuff.”
“You see, that's another thing that my parents gave me: an enormously great sense of humor.”

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