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"roman": "Quemadmodum ex felibus mas est libidinosissimus, sic amantissima catulorum femina; quae veneream idcirco maris consuetudinem refugit, quod is calidissimum ignisque simile semen emittat, genitale ut feminae conburat.",
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"ref": "c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 5.27",
"text": "Quorum inbutae mentes pravitatis erroribus quamvis carnificinam prius subierint quam ibim aut aspidem aut faelem aut canem aut corcodillum violenti quorum etiamsi inprudentes quippiam fecerint, poenam nullam recusent."
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"english": "Whenever the cat runs away, she is accustomed to fart badly.",
"ref": "1528, Desiderius Erasmus, Adagiorum opus, page 773",
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"roman": "Quemadmodum ex felibus mas est libidinosissimus, sic amantissima catulorum femina; quae veneream idcirco maris consuetudinem refugit, quod is calidissimum ignisque simile semen emittat, genitale ut feminae conburat.",
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"ref": "1607, Antoine Mizauld, Opusculorum pars secunda, page 72v",
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