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The Complete Works of John Gower

Edited from the manuscripts with introductions, notes and glossaries by G. C. Macaulay
Gower, John (1325?-1408)
  
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viii.

Omnia scire putat, set se Presumpcio nescit,
Nec sibi consimilem quem putat esse parem.
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Qui magis astutus reputat se vincere bellum,
In laqueos Veneris forcius ipse cadit.
Sepe Cupido virum sibi qui presumit amantem
Fallit, et in vacuas spes redit ipsa vias.
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