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Qualem commendes, etiam atque etiam aspice, ne mox incutiant aliena tibi peccata pudorem.
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Qualem commendes, etiam atque etiam aspice, ne mox incutiant aliena tibi peccata pudorem.
— Look round and round the man you recommend,
For yours will be the shame should he offend.
— Book I, epistle xviii, line 76 (translated by John Conington).
— Variant translation: Study carefully the character of the one you recommend, lest his misdeeds bring you shame.
