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"Quis fuit, horrendos primus qui protulit enses? quam ferus et vere ferreus ille fuit!"
TibullusWhen thou art preparing to commit a sin, think not that thou wilt conc — Tibullus
"When thou art preparing to commit a sin, think not that thou wilt conceal it; there is a God that forbids crimes to be hidden."
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Albius Tibullus was a Latin poet and writer of elegies. His first and second books of poetry are extant; many other texts attributed to him are of questionable origins.
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