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He who injures one man threatens many.
He who injures one man threatens many.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.
You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.
How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?
How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?
You whirled them to the back of beyont.
You whirled them to the back of beyont.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]