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Now that no one buys our votes, the public has long since cast off its cares for the people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now meddles no more and longs eagerly for just two things - bread and circuses.

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Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
Decimus Junius Juvenalis
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