Sophistry?

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auctor
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Sophistry?

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I found this quote from The Yeoman of the Guard by W S Gilbert and felt to inspired to give it a fresh version. So here it is in in a pair of iambic trims

ἔξεστί μοι σε παιδιαῖς φρενοῦν σοφαῖς ὑμᾶς πλανᾶν γελῶντι δ’ οῦν ἔξεστί μοι

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Not the most artistic of efforts but here is another version in Latin hendecasyllables...

ioco te facile erudire possum
discendo bene te ferire possum.

It is from song 9 by Point in Act 1: The Yeomen of the Guard

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