quis decor, incedis quotiens clipeatus et auro squameus et rutilus cristis et casside maior!
— from Claudian, volume 1 (of 2) With an English translation by Maurice Platnauer by Claudius Claudianus
While other establishments of public utility are constantly encouraged, and some even richly endowed, the music here has never received the smallest aid from any quarter.
— from Letters of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy from 1833 to 1847 by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
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