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'Tis not the robe that makes the monk.

— Charles, Duke of Orléans

L'habit le moine ne fait pas.

Original text (French)

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Cp. Clothes maketh the man

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Is she not lavishly endowed,
She whom I love so loyally?

The ware that pleaseth is as good as sold.

Though Fortune have fine eyes yet sees she nought.

A dangerous parsimony 'tis
To store up treasure of regrets.

Whether she dance, or sing, or smile,
Or whate'er else may do or be,
Give me a voice impartial, free
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