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[the reader] will condemn, approve, mock, and admire, passing judgment according to his own opinion. Since I cannot avoid such fierce attacks against this book of mine in any other way than by leaning it against a most solid and impregnable fortress—which is Your Most Serene Highness Your Most Serene Highness: "Vostra Altezza Serenissima," a formal title of address for a sovereign prince or high-ranking member of a royal house., in whom all virtues are gathered—these virtues, by always opposing every vice, will keep Truth far from that common proverb: Truth breeds hatred original Latin: "veritas odium parit." A classical aphorism from the Roman playwright Terence, suggesting that honesty often leads to being disliked.. They shall make Truth known to the world through your radiant lights, which will be sufficient to illuminate the blindness caused by the intro-