The human race afraid of nothing, rushes on through every crime.
Audax omnia perpeti
Gens humana ruit per vetitum nefas.
Gens humana ruit per vetitum nefas.
Original text (Latin)
Original text (Latin)
To flee vice is the beginning of virtue, and to have got rid of folly is the beginning of wisdom.
The mountains will be in labor, and a ridiculous mouse will be brought forth.
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