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O Poverty, thy thousand ills combined Sink not so deep into the generous mind, As the contempt and laughter of mankind.

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Juvenal
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Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
Decimus Junius Juvenalis
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Contempt
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Laughter
Poverty
Deep
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Ills

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