"Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit"
— Ovid
January 1, 1970
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The mind, conscious of rectitude, laughed to scorn the falsehood of report. — IV, 311. Compare: "And the mind conscious of virtue may bring to thee suitable rewards", Virgil, The Aeneid, i, 604
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The mind, conscious of rectitude, laughed to scorn the falsehood of report. — IV, 311. Compare: "And the mind conscious of virtue may bring to thee suitable rewards", Virgil, The Aeneid, i, 604