"The decision of such judges as Claudius and his Senate is worth very little in the question of a man's innocence or guilt; but the sentence was that Seneca should be banished to the island of Corsica."

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Source : Frederic William Farrar (1877). “Seekers After God”, p.86

Frederic Farrar

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“One ought not to write for money, but I consider it a first duty after one has written to exact the highest possible price. It is not a matter which concerns only the writer, but all writers.”
“When a customer receives a dish, they get food and design at the same time.”
“The character of Jesus has not only been the highest pattern of virtue, but the strongest incentive in its practice, and has exerted so deep an influence, that it may be truly said that the simple record of three years of active life has done more to regenerate and to soften mankind than all the disquisitions of philosophers and all the exhortations of moralists.”
“There is nothing in afflictions which ought to disturb our joy.”
“If you don't raise the bar, how will you ever know your potential?”
“The accent in the counter attack style of play lays on the defensive team function, with the emphasis being on the defender's own half of the field and letting the opponents keep the initiative of the game. This is to take advantage of the space behind their defense for the buildup and the attack.”
“My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair, chose marijuana. Now we are in our Cabernet stage.”

Source : Peggy Noonan (1995). “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”, Adams Media Corp
“Everybody's talking about the new democratic world and whether high fashion is relevant. But without high there is no low. I don't like to intellectualize. I've always said fashion is like roast chicken: You don't have to think about it to know it's delicious.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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