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Giambattista Basile

15 February 1566-23 February 1632

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Ingratitude is a nail which, driven into the tree of courtesy, causes it to wither; it is a broken channel, by which the foundations of the affections are undermined; and a lump of soot, which, falling into the dish of friendship, destroys its scent and flavor.

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Memory is the cabinet of imagination, the treasury of reason, the registry of conscience, and the council•hamber of thought.