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We gladly put antiquity above our age but not posterity. Only a father doesn't begrudge his son's talent.
Mankind became hysterical in the Middle Ages because it poorly repressed the sexual impressions of its Greek boyhood.
How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
Custom calls me to't.
What custom wills, in all things should we do't,
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I am more an antique Roman than a Dane.
O good old man, how well in thee appears
The constant service of the antique world,
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now
I bring full-flavoured wine out of a barrel found
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I shall not cease to bless because
I lay about me with the taws
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Thy great leaves enfold
The ancient beards, the helms of ruby and gold
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