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Quotation from The History of Rome, Books I-V by Livy (Titus Livius)
“But the body only has been violated, the mind is guiltless; death shall be my witness.”
The History of Rome, Books I-V, Book I, ch. 58, trans. D. Spillan (1853)
Lucretia tells her husband and father what Sextus Tarquin has done and asks them to swear vengeance before she takes her life.
Citation: "But the body only has been violated, the mind is guiltless; death shall be my witness." — Livy (Titus Livius), The History of Rome, Books I-V, Book I, ch. 58, trans. D. Spillan (1853). (id livy-history-of-rome-books-i-v-q3)
Portrait: Portret van Titus Livius, RP-P-OB-105.256, Unknown engraver, CC0.
