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Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to the rank of the offender. [Lat., Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se Crimen habet, quanto major qui peccat habetur.]

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Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
Decimus Junius Juvenalis
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