To the pure, all things are pure original Arabic: لأبرار كل شى طهر

"TO THE PURE ALL THINGS ARE PURE"

(To the pure all things are pure) original Latin: Puris omnia pura

—Arabic Proverb.

"No corrupt mind ever understood words in a healthy way." original Italian: Niuna corrotta mente intese mai sanamente parole.

—From the conclusion of the "Decameron."

"Lucretia blushed and put down my book, but only when Brutus was present. Brutus, leave! She will read it once you are gone." original Latin: Erubuit, posuitque meum Lucretia librum / Sed coram Bruto. Brute! recede, leget. This quote from the Roman poet Martial suggests that even people who appear strictly moral in public enjoy reading provocative literature in private.

—Martial.

"It is better to write of laughter than of tears, because laughter is the essence of being human." 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 comparatively small part of these truly enchanting works of fiction."

—From Crichton's "History of Arabia."