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> [ Punishment \[by Nero\] was inflicted on the Christians, a class of men given to a new and mischievous superstition. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/punishment-by-nero-was-inflicted-on-the-christians-a-class-of-men/)

[Suetonius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suetonius/)

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> [Actuated by these motives, and apprehensive of disturbing the repose of an unsettled reign, Julian surprised the world by an edict which was not unworthy of a statesman or a philosopher. He extended to all the inhabitants of the Roman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/actuated-by-these-motives-and-apprehensive-of-disturbing-the-repose/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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