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Never does nature say one thing and Wisdom another. Variant: Wisdom and Nature! are they not the same? Variant: Nature and Wisdon always speak alike.

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Juvenal
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Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
Decimus Junius Juvenalis
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Wisdom
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Nature
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