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The Satires of Juvenal by Juvenal
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“Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions — everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses.”
― Juvenal, The Satires of Juvenal

tags: bread-and-circuses, civic-duty, democracy, dependency, distractions, handouts, vulgarity

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