... the poor man, whom the law does not allow to take ... a pair of shoes for his freezing feet, is allowed to put his hand into the pocket of the rich, and say, You shall educate me....
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In England, The cold, inconsiderate of persons ... benumbs your feet....Marsilio Ficino
Musical consonance occurs in the element which is the mean of all (i.e. air), and reaches the ears through motion, spherical motion so that it is not surprising that it should be fitting to the soul, which is both the mean of things, and the origin of ci.
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Saturn seems to have impressed the seal of melancholy on me from the beginning.
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You are running to seek your friend. Let your feet run, but your mind need not.
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These old shoes are easy to the feet.
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Who can wonder at the attractiveness... of the bar, for our ambitious young men, when the highest bribes of society are at the feet of the successful orator?
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