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To smell, though well, is to stink: "Rides nos, Coracine, nil olentes Malo, quam bene olere, nil olere." And elsewhere: "Posthume, non bene olet, qui bene semper olet."
The verdict of the insect is confirmed by the negative testimony of the ancient classics; the haricot never appears on the table of the Greek or Roman peasant. In the second Eclogue of Virgil Thestylis prepares the repast of the harvesters: Thestylis et rapido fessis messoribus æstu Allia serpyllumque herbas contundit olentes.
The rusticalls held their breath. Then did I look as glum as might be, and muttered slowly thus 'Videamus quam diu tu fictus morio vosque veri stulti audebitis in hac aula morari, strepitantes ita et olentes: ut dulcissimae nequeam miser scribere. They shook like aspens, and stole away on tiptoe one by one at first, then in a rush and jostling, and left me alone; and most scared of all was the fool: never earned jester fairer his ass's ears.
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