Crime butchers innocence to secure a throne, and innocence struggles with all its might against the attempts of crime.

Publilius Syrus

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Publilius Syrus (fl. 85–43 BC), was a Latin writer, best known for his sententiae. He was a Syrian from Antioch who was brought as a slave to Roman Italy. Syrus was brought to Rome on the same ship that brought a certain Manilius, astronomer - not the famous Manilius of...

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