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Quote by Nicholas Boileau
If your descent is from heroic sires, show in your life a remnant

If your descent is from heroic sires, show in your life a remnant of their fires. – Nicholas Boileau

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Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return. – Nicholas Boileau

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