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Favor bodes disgrace; it is like trembling. Rank bodes great heartache. It is like the body.
What means "Favor bodes disgrace; it is like trembling?" Favor humiliates. Its acquisition causes trembling, its loss causes trembling. This is meant by "Favor bodes disgrace; it is like trembling."