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Someone told me much later that you always know the people who are going to make a difference in your life, from the very first time you set eyes on them, even if you do not like them at all.
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beauty is your gift from God and it should be used and not squandered. Study this face as if it were a map of the ocean, your own trade route to the Indies. For it will bring you its own fortune. But always believe what the glass tells you. Because while others will try to flatter you, it has no reason to lie.
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no one bothered dressing up in priests' robes, for even in chaos hierarchy rules and their cloth wasn't rich enough.
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Interesting, I thought, how quickly history becomes stories rather than reality; one step already from the truth.
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The journey from Rome to Siena is harder than its distance warrants. Once outside the great walls of the city the route becomes as treacherous for humans as for animals. Before the coming of Our Lord, when men knew no better than to worship an army of badly behaved gods, the countryside around Rome was legendary for its fertility, with well-kept roads filled with carts and produce pouring into the city's markets. But over centuries of the t..
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Everyone that exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted" And she had tried, truly and honestly, tried so hard that sometimes, despite the nun's kindness and patience, she thought she might go mad with the effort."
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A young woman seeks sanctuary with us. It is not for us to deny her that right. Tell His Holiness that we will protect her with our lives and care for her until she is ready to leave." Not even Alexander VI can storm a convent and get away with it. The"
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How do ugly men make their way through life? He thinks of Michelotto. When he walks down the street men take half a step back from him. But he, Cesare, wields a different power. His face has always been his first weapon. Look at me, it says. I am what you see: easy on the eye, strong to the taste, a man with substance, someone to admire, for how can beauty this natural lie?
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Either you're standing under your haloes, eyes up to heaven, or you're munching apples in their faces and flashing your bush. I'm not even sure they know which one they prefer. The best you can do is choose when you change your costume
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How do ugly men make their way through life?
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Sometimes it is useful to fear something too much, for it makes the real thing quite bearable.
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