Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure

The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure

That water which wall from some Alpine height is dashed, broken,
and will murmur loudly, but grows limpid by read more

That water which wall from some Alpine height is dashed, broken,
and will murmur loudly, but grows limpid by its fall.
[It., Quell' onda, che ruina
Dalla pendice alpina,
Balza, si frange, e mormora
Ma limpida si fa.]

Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.

Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.

Lo. sifted through the winds that blow,
Down comes the soft and silent snow,
White petals from read more

Lo. sifted through the winds that blow,
Down comes the soft and silent snow,
White petals from the flowers that grow
In the cold atmosphere.

Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.

Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.

But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest
concern of Villon, the Parisian poet.
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But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest
concern of Villon, the Parisian poet.
[Fr., Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan? C'estoit le plus grand
soucy qu'eust Villon, le poete parisien.]

Unto the pure all things are pure.

Unto the pure all things are pure.

Sancta Maria ad Nives.

Sancta Maria ad Nives.