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No man ever became extremely wicked all at once.

No man ever became extremely wicked all at once.

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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Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)

Satire ii. 83.

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