“To the pure all things are pure” (Puris omnia
pura)
— Arab Proverb.
“Niuna corrotta mente intese mai sanamente
parole.”
— “Decameron” — conclusion.
“Erubuit, posuitque meum Lucretia librum Sed coram Bruto.
Brute! reced, leget.
— Martial.
“Miculx est de ris que de larmes escripre, Pour ce que
rire est le propre des hommes.”
— Rabelais.
“The pleasure we derive from perusing the Thousand and One
Stories makes us regret that we possess only a comparatively small
part of these truly enchanting fictions.”
— Crichton’s “History of Arabia.”
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