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It is difficult not to write satire.
Juvenal
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Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
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A hairy body, and arms stiff with bristles, give promise of a manly soul.
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Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime another a crown.
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Fond man! though all the heroes of your line Bedeck your halls, and round your galleries shine In proud display yet take this truth from me-- Virtue alone is true nobility!
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