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110 "My good fellow," said the lion, "pray do not say such things. For

"Now I formerly gave him a safe-conduct, since he appeared as a suppliant. How then can he prove ungrateful?" But Victor rejoined:

And again:

And once again:

While, on the other hand:

The kindness shown to vicious souls
 * Strange diminution seeks:

The gleam of moonbeams is absorbed
 * On Sooty Mountain's peaks.

A hundred benefits are lost,
 * If lavished on the mean;

A hundred epigrams, with their
 * True relevance unseen;