G. K. Chesterton book The Secret of Father Brown
The Father Brown Mystery Series (1910 - 1927)
Source: The Secret of Father Brown (1927) The Chief Mourner of Marne
“Ploutos, no wonder mortals worship you:
You are so tolerant of their sins!”
Source: Elegies, Lines 523-524, as translated by Dorothea Wender.
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You are so tolerant of their sins!" by Theognis of Megara?
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