If now a friend denies not what was given him in trust, If … - Juvenal

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If now a friend denies not what was given him in trust,
If he restores an ancient purse with all its coins and rust,
This prodigy of honesty deserves to be enrolled
In Tuscan books, and with a sacrificial lamb extolled.

Juvenal

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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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Nam qui dabat olim imperium, fasces, legiones, omnia, nunc se
continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat,
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