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Crudelitas minime humanum malum est indignumque tam miti animo ; ferina ista rabies est
sanguine gaudere ac vulneribus et abiecto homine
in silvestre animal transire. Quid enim interest,
oro te, Alexander, leoni Lysimachum obicias an ipse
laceres dentibus tuis ? Tuum illud os est, tua illa
feritas. O quam cuperes tibi potius ungues esse,
tibi rictum illum edendorum hominum capacem !
Non exigimus a te, ut manus ista, exitium familiarium
certissimum, ulli salutaris sit, ut iste animus ferox,
insatiabile gentium malum, citra sanguinem caedemque satietur ; clementia iam vocatur, ad occidendum amicum cum1 carnifex inter homines
eligitur.
1 cum added by Baehrens.
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