"Absentem qui rodit amicum, Qui non defendit alio culpante, solutos Qui captat risus hominum, famamque dicacis; Fingere qui non visa potest, commissa tacere Qui nequit, hic niger est, hunc tu, Romane, caveto."
— Horace

January 1, 1970

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The man that will malign an absent friend, Or when his friend’s attacked, does not defend; Who seeks to raise a laugh, be thought a wit; Declares “he saw,” when he invented it; Who blabs a secret—Roman, friend, take care! His heart is black, of such a man beware. — S. 1, 4, 81. — A Blackguard.