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Courage and grace is a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.

—Marlene Dietrich, 1962

A passion for horses, players, and gladiators seems to be the epidemic folly of the times. The child receives it in his mother’s womb; he brings it with him into the world, and in a mind so possessed, what room for science, or any generous purpose?

—Tacitus, c. 100
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