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  ...amusing himself with conquering the world.[67] Such sport was good for Augustus or Alexander. They were still young men, and thus difficult to restrain. But C??sar should have been more mature.
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Two faces which resemble each other, make us laugh, when together, by their resemblance, though neither of them by itself makes us laugh.
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How useless is painting, which attracts admiration by the resemblance of things, the originals of which we do not admire!
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The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory. We love to see animals fighting, not the victor infuriated over the vanquished. We would only see the victorious end; and, as soon as it comes, we are satiated. It is the same in play, and the same in the search for truth. In disputes we like to see the clash of opinions, but not at all to contemplate truth when found. To observe it with pleasure, we have to see it emerge out of strife. So in the passions, there is pleasure in seeing the collision of two contraries; but when one acquires...   Pascal, Blaise

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