Must this with farce and folly rack my head unpunish'd ? that with sing-song, Whine me dead? - Juvenal

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Must this with farce and folly rack my
head unpunish'd ? that with sing-song,
Whine me dead?

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About Juvenal

Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (c. 55 – c. 140), anglicized as Juvenal, was a Roman satiric poet.

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Native Name: Decimus Iunius Iuuenalis
Alternative Names: Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis Decimus Junius Juvenalis
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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes.

Which roughly translates as

Who will Guard the Guardians, or
Who watches the watchers.

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