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Censure pardons the ravens, but rebukes the doves.
Censure pardons the ravens, but rebukes the doves.
Approximate historical placement: c. 92 AD · classical
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- Juvenal
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- Approximate historical placement: c. 92 AD · classical
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- Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)
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