The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Vol. 5

To the righteous, all things are righteous original Arabic: للأبرار كلّ شئ برّ

“ TO THE PURE ALL THINGS ARE PURE ”

original Latin: Puris omnia pura

—Arab Proverb.

“ No corrupt mind ever understood words in a healthy way. ”

original Italian: Niuna corrotta mente intese mai sanamente parole

—“Decameron”—conclusion.

“ Lucretia blushed and put down my book, but only while Brutus was looking.

Brutus! Step away, and she will read it. ”

original Latin: Erubuit, posuitque meum Lucretia librum / Sed coram Bruto. Brute! recede, leget.

---Martial.

“ It is better to write of laughter than of tears,

Because laughter is the special property of man. ”

original French: Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre, / Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes.

—RABELAIS.

“ The pleasure we derive from reading the Thousand-and-One Stories

makes us regret that we possess only a relatively small part of these

truly enchanting fictions. ”

—CRICHTON'S “History of Arabia.”