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How radically bad is the nature of man! for otherwise he would stand in need of no laws to restrain him.

ὦ πῶς πονηρόν ἐστιν ἀνθρώπου φύσις
τὸ σύνολον· οὐ γὰρ ἄν ποτ᾿ ἐδεήθη νόμου.

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I pray, first, for good health; then, for prosperity; thirdly, for happiness; and, lastly, to owe no man anything.

Although one be a slave, yet being human,
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