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Ovid Quotes: It is less to suffer punishment than to deserve it. [Lat., Estque pati poenas quam meruisse minus.]
         

It is less to suffer punishment than to deserve it. [Lat., Estque pati poenas quam meruisse minus.]


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This page presents the quote "It is less to suffer punishment than to deserve it. [Lat., Estque pati poenas quam meruisse minus.]". Author of this quote is Ovid. This quote is about minus, punishment, deserve, suffering,.