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Ego vero clementiam
non voco lassam crudelitatem ; haec est. Caesar,
clementia vera, quam tu praestas, quae non saevitiae
paenitentia coepit, nullam habere maculam, num-
quam civilem sanguinem fudisse; haec est in
maxima potestate verissima animi temperantia et
humani generis comprendens ut sui amor non cupiditate aliqua, non temeritate ingenii, non priorum
principum exemplis corruptum, quantum sibi in
cives suos liceat, experiendo temptare, sed hebetare
aciem imperii sui.
L. Annaeus Seneca. Moral Essays: volume 1. John W. Basore. London and New York. Heinemann. 1928.
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