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Juvenal

Decimus Junius Juvenalis (c. 60 - c. 140) Roman lawyer and satirist
  • "Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano." (complete version of the above quote)
    • "One should pray that a sound mind be in a sound body."
    • Satires, X. 356
  • "Difficile est satura non scribere."
    • "It is difficult not to write satire."
  • "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"
    • "Who shall guard the guardians?"
  • "Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator."
    • "The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face."
    • Satires, X. 22

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