["When he has clearly said Apollo! he moves his lips, fearful to be he… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

["When he has clearly said Apollo! he moves his lips, fearful to be heard; he murmurs: O fair Laverna, grant me the talent to deceive; grant me to appear holy and just; shroud my sins with night, and cast a cloud over my frauds."--Horace, Ep., i. 16, 59.--(Laverna was the goddess of thieves.)]

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