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Purity: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Wer sich nicht nach der Decke streckt, Dem bleiben die Füsse unbedeckt. He who does not stretch himself according to the coverlet finds his feet uncovered.— GOETHE — Sprüche in Reimen. III.

PUBLIC (THE). Le public! le public! combien faut-il de sots pour faire un public? The public! the public! how many fools does it require to make the public?

Les choses valent toujours mieux dans leur source. The stream is always purer at its source.— PASCAL — Lettres Provinciales. IV.

Ganz unbefleckt geniesst sich nur das Herz. Only the heart without a stain knows perfect ease.— GOETHE — Iphigenia auf Tauris. IV.

4. 123. Qual diverrà quel fiume, Nel lungo suo cammino, Se al fonte ancor vicino È torbido così ? What will the stream become in its length. ened course, if it be so turbid at its source?— METASTASIO — Morte d' Abele. I.

Quell' onda, che ruina Dalla pendice alpina, Balza, si frange, e mormora Ma limpida si fa. That water which falls from some Alpine height is dashed, broken, and will murmur loudly, but grows limpid by its fall.— METASTASIO — Alcide al Bivio.