Stephen Crane book The Black Riders and Other Lines
Source: The Black Riders and Other Lines (1895), XXIV
“Look round and round the man you recommend,
For yours will be the shame should he offend.”
Book I, epistle xviii, line 76 (translated by John Conington).
Variant translation: Study carefully the character of the one you recommend, lest his misdeeds bring you shame.
Epistles (c. 20 BC and 14 BC)
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Stephen Crane book The Black Riders and Other Lines
Source: The Black Riders and Other Lines (1895), XXIV
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