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sed quia nec
ultionem sequitur (non enim laesa est) nec peccato
alicui irascitur (nullum enim antecessit crimen),
extra finitionem nostram cadit ; finitio enim continebat in poenis exigendis intemperantiam animi.
Possumus dicere non esse hanc crudelitatem, sed
feritatem, cui voluptati saevitia est; possumus
insaniam vocare : nam varia sunt genera eius et
nullum certius, quam quod in caedes hominum et
lancinationes pervenit.
L. Annaeus Seneca. Moral Essays: volume 1. John W. Basore. London and New York. Heinemann. 1928.
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