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rursus prosperum ac felix scelus virtus vocatur; sontibus parent boni, ius est in armis, opprimit leges timor.
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Once again prosperous and successful crime goes by the name of virtue; good men obey the bad, might is right and fear oppresses law.
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Hercules Furens (The Madness of Hercules), lines 251-253 ; (Amphitryon)

 

Seneca the Younger

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