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Lost money is bewailed with deeper sighs Than friends, or kindred, and with louder cries.

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Juvenal
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Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
Decimus Junius Juvenalis
Sigh
Deeper
Cry
Friends
Lost
Sighs
Money
Louder
Kindred
Cries

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