Is philosophic in our former friends;
'T is also pleasant to be deemed magnanimous,
The more so in obtaining our own ends;
And what the lawyers call a "malus animus"
Conduct like this by no means comprehends:
Revenge in person's certainly no virtue,
But then 't is not my fault, if others hurt you.
XXXI.
And if our quarrels should rip up old stories,
And help them with a lie or two additional,