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 Rome’s best Wealth is Patriotism.Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Romeo (A).
 
A devoted lover; a lady’s man; from Romeo in Shakespeare’s tragedy. (See Romeo and Juliet.)   1
       
“James in an evil hour went forth to woo
Young Juliet Hart, and was her Romeo.”
       
Crabbe: Borough.
 


 Rome’s best Wealth is Patriotism.Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare). 

 
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