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quis clarioribus viris quodam tempore1 iucundior,
quis turpioribus2 coniunctior? quis civis meliorum
partium aliquando, quis taetrior hostis huic civitati? quis
in voluptatibus inquinatior, quis in laboribus patientior?
quis in rapacitate avarior, quis in largitione effusior? illa
vero, iudices, in illo homine admirabilia3 fuerunt, comprehendere
multos amicitia, tueri obsequio, cum omnibus communicare
quod habebat, servire temporibus suorum omnium
pecunia, gratia, labore corporis4, scelere etiam, si opus esset,
et audacia, versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque
huc et illuc torquere ac5 flectere, cum tristibus severe, cum
remissis iucunde, cum senibus graviter, cum iuventute
comiter, cum facinerosis audaciter6, cum libidinosis luxuriose
vivere.
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