For although Claudius had been accused of gambling and drunkenness, not only were no worse sins laid to his charge, but he had successfully established some claim to being considered a learned man.
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And now I send these pages forth, not knowing what shall befall them, but with the earnest prayer that they may be blessed to aid the cause of truth and righteousness, and that He in whose name they are written may, of His mercy, 'Forgive them where they fail in truth, And in His wisdom make me wise.'Frederic William Farrar
If ever I want to amuse myself with an idiot, I have not far to look for one. I laugh at myself.
Frederic William Farrar
Seneca brings vividly before us a picture of the various scholars assembled in a school of the philosophers.
Frederic William Farrar
The decision of such judges as Claudius and his Senate is worth very little in the question of a man's innocence or guilt; but the sentence was that Seneca should be banished to the island of Corsica.
Frederic William Farrar
The following sentiments are illustrative of the philosophy of the Talmud 'Love peace and pursue it at any cost.' ... 'Remember it is better to be persecuted than to persecute.' ... 'Be not prone to anger.' ... 'He who giveth alms in secret is greater than Moses himself.' ... 'It is better to utter a short prayer with devotion than a long one without fervor.' ... 'He who having but one piece of bread in his basket, and says, What shall I eat tomorrow is a man of little faith.' (Farrar, The Life of Christ, p. 680.)
Frederic William Farrar
Never was a narrative more full of horrors, frenzies, unspeakable degradations, and overwhelming miseries than is the history of the siege of Jerusalem. Never was any prophecy more closely, more terribly, more overwhelmingly fulfilled than this of Christ.
Frederic William Farrar
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