Plane quidem, si quis ita ut tu, Aemiliane, nunquam ferme os suum nisi maledictis et calumniis aperiat, censeo ne ulla cura os percolat neque ille exotico pulvere dentis emaculet, quos iustius carbone de rogo obteruerit, neque saltem communi aqua perluat; quin ei nocens lingua mendaciorum et amaritudinum praeministra semper in foetutinis et olenticetis suis iaceat.
Of course, if someone is like you, Aemilianus, and almost never opens his lips except to utter insults and slanders, I would not advise him to spend any care on his mouth, or clean his teeth with imported powder; it would be more appropriate to scrub them with ash from a funeral pyre, or at least not wash them in ordinary water. No, his malicious tongue, which serves up his lies and acrimony, should remain permanently in its cesspools and dung heaps.
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