A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
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Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any waters. [Lat., Animi labes nec diuturnitate vanescere nec omnibus… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
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