"TO THE PURE ALL THINGS ARE PURE"
(Puris omnia pura).
(Puris omnia pura).
—Arab Proverb.
"Niuna corrotta menta intese mai sanamente parole."
—"Decameron"—conclusion.
"Erubuit, posuitque meum Lucretia librum
Sed coram Bruto. Brute! recede, leget."
Sed coram Bruto. Brute! recede, leget."
—Martial.
"Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre,
Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes."
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."