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Charles V. said that a man who knew four languages was worth four men; and Alexander the Great so valued learning, that he used to say he was more indebted to Aristotle for giving him knowledge that, than his father Philip for giving him life.

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Iron hand in a velvet glove.

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Name me and emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.

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Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.

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Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away.

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