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Controversia autem est inter hominum sententias aut in
illo, utrum sit utilius; aut etiam, cum id convenit, certatur,
utrum honestati potius an utilitati consulendum sit; quae
quia pugnare inter se saepe videntur, qui utilitatem defendet,
enumerabit commoda pacis, opum, potentiae, vectigalium,
praesidi militum, ceterarum rerum, quarum fructum utilitate
metimur, itemque incommoda contrariorum; qui ad
dignitatem impellit, maiorum exempla, quae erant vel cum
periculo gloriosa, conliget, posteritatis immortalem memoriam
augebit, utilitatem ex laude nasci defendet semperque
eam cum dignitate esse coniunctam.
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