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No one ever suddenly became depraved. — Juvenal

Poem

No one ever suddenly became depraved.

In the original Latin

Nemo repente fuit turpissimus.

Juvenal
Satires · 127
★ 2.2
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127Classical antiquity
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Current citation
Juvenal. The Satires, translated by Niall Rudd. Oxford University Press, 2008, satire 2.
Original citation
Juvenal. Satirae [Satires]. c. 127, satire 2.

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