seem happy place solitude, acquire a great reputation wisdom, know, ex — William Beckford, Episodes Vathek

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If you seem to be happy in this place of solitude, you will acquire a great reputation for wisdom, and I know, by my own experience, that under the cloak of a great reputation it is possible to hide whole treasures of folly. (“The Story of Princess Zulkais and the Prince Kalilah”)

William Beckford, The Episodes of Vathek

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