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It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false. - [Opinion] The furnace of affliction refines us from earthly drossiness, and softens us for the impression of God's own stamp. - [Affliction] There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought. - [Quotations] There is not less wit nor invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought. Cardinal du Perron has been heard to say that the happy application of a verse of Virgil has deserved a talent. - Works (vol. II, p. 779) [Quotations]
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