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• William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk — William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, KG (16 October 1396 at Cotton, Suffolk, – 2 May 1450), nicknamed Jack Napes (whence the word jackanapes ), was an important English soldier and commander in the Hundred Years War, and later Lord… …   Wikipedia

• the sun loses nothing by shining into a puddle — Cf. DIOGENES LAERTIUS VI. lxiii. ὁ ἥλιος εἰς τοὺς ἀποπάτους, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ μιαίνεται, the sun shines into dung but is not tainted (attributed to Diogenes); TERTULLIAN De Spectaculis xx. sol et in cloacam radios suos defert nec inquinatur, the sun… …   Proverbs new dictionary