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What would someone say about the infectiousness of shameful songs, about poems that weaken the good mood of the heart, about pipes, about dancing prodigal bacchanalia, for which these pitiful people even award rewards? What is all this worth? Is it praise, sight and admiration - or tears and sobs? Laughter reigns supreme among them, nature is given over to desecration, various fires of voluptuousness are ignited, spectacles are erected for shameful deeds, vices do not run rampant in secret, but rewards are offered for bad instructions. But you abhor this, do not dishonor virgins, avoid all corruption of the eyes - and let your virgins be kept innocent (2).
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