Thomas Aquinas Quotes

Prostitution in the towns is like the cesspool in the palace; take away the cesspool and the palace will become an unclean and evil smelling-place.

Thomas Aquinas

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• Prostitution in the towns is like the cesspool in the palace; take away the cesspool and the palace will become an unclean and evil smelling-place.

  

  Thomas Aquinas
  • Evil
  • Prostitution
  • Palace