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RICHES Do you suppose they see me as I am, lame and blind and with all my other bad points ?

v.2.p.357
HERMES But how can they help it, Riches, unless they themselves are all blind ?

RICHES They are not blind, good friend, but Ignorance and Deceit, who now hold sway everywhere, darken their vision. Moreover, to avoid being wholly ugly, I always put on a very lovely mask, gay with tinscl and jewels, and an embroidered robe before I meet them ; whereupon, thinking that they sce my beauty face to face, they fall in love with me and despair of life if they do not win me. If anyone should strip me and show me to them, without a doubt they would reproach themselves for being shortsighted to that extent and for falling in love with things hateful and ugly.

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