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Huic contrariam imperiti putant severitatem ;
[p. 436]
sed nulla virtus virtuti contraria est. Quid ergo
opponitur clementiae ? Crudelitas, quae nihil aliud
est quam atrocitas animi in exigendis poenis. " Sed
quidam non exigunt poenas, crudeles tamen sunt,
tamquam qui ignotos homines et obvios non in
compendium, sed occidendi causa occidunt nec interficere contenti saeviunt, ut Busiris ille et Procrustes
et piratae, qui captos verberant et in ignem vivos
imponunt." Haec crudelitas quidem ;
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