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You needn’t have it styled, but you might at least
Comb your hair from time to time.
And I don’t expect your skin to glow, but you could just
Bath every now and then.
And please don't trim your beard like an ageing gay,
Or let it go wild like a man on the run,
For you know that I don’t like too much manliness, Pannychus,
But nor do I like too little.
In short, your legs are hairy and your chest is covered
With bristles, but your mind, Pannychus, is bald.
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flectere te nolim, sed nec turbare capillos;
splendida sit nolo, sordida nolo cutis;
nec mitratorum nec sit tibi barba reorum:
nolo uirum nimium, Pannyche, nolo parum.
nunc sunt crura pilis et sunt tibi pectora saetis
horrida, sed mens est, Pannyche, uulsa tibi.
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