“Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.”
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If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy.
To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell.
The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.