“Those who know to appreciate the figure of a mother, will see women as the embodiment of noble characters.”

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“The Muse gave the Greeks their native character, and allowed them to speak in noble tones, they who desired nothing but praise.”
Grais ingenium, Grais dedit ore rotundo Musa loqui, præter laudem nullius avaris. . .

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