"Nec quotus annus eat, nec quo sit nata, require, Consule, quae rigidus munera Censor habet."
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Ask not how old she is, nor under what consul she was born; these are the duties of the stern Censor. — Book II, line 663 (tr. J. H. Mozley)
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