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I.7. Vulpis ad Personam
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Persōnam tragicam fōrte vulpēs vīderat;
"Ō quanta speciēs" inquit "cerebrum nōn habet!"
Hōc illīs dictum est quibus honōrem et glōriam
Fōrtūna tribuit, sēnsum commūnem abstulit.
Fōrte vulpēs persōnam tragicam vīderat; inquit: "Ō quanta speciēs cerebrum nōn habet!" Hōc dictum est illīs quibus Fōrtūna honōrem et glōriam tribuit, sēnsum commūnem abstulit.
Forte vulpes persónam trágicam víderat; inquit: "O quanta spécies cérebrum non habet!" Hoc dictum est illis quibus Fortúna honórem et glóriam tríbuit, sensum commúnem ábstulit.
Persō·nam tragi·cam fōr·te vul·pēs vī·derat;
"Ō quan·ta speci·ēs" in·quit "cere·brum nōn · habet!"
Hōc il·līs dict~ · est quibus · honōr~ · et glō·riam
Fōrtū·na tribu·it, sēn·sum com·mūn~ ab·stulit.
The Fox and the Tragic Mask (trans. C. Smart)
A Fox beheld a Mask- "0 rare
The headpiece, if but brains were there !"
This holds-whene'er the Fates dispense
Pomp, pow'r, and everything but sense.
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