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“To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation—is that good for the world?”
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“Ars longa,
vita brevis,
occasio praeceps,
experimentum periculosum,
iudicium difficile.
Life is short,
[the] art long,
opportunity fleeting,
experiment dangerous,
judgment difficult.”
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vita brevis,
occasio praeceps,
experimentum periculosum,
iudicium difficile.
Life is short,
[the] art long,
opportunity fleeting,
experiment dangerous,
judgment difficult.”
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