Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown. - Juvenal

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Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.

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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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But just where will men draw the limit, after they see a high-born lawyer dress in transparent chiffon, to public amazement, to prosecute loose-living women? If they’re whores, bring in a guilty verdict: yet even a proven whore wouldn’t dare to rig herself out like that.
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