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Ergo quemadmodum religio
deos colit, superstitio violat, ita clementiam mansuetudinemque omnes boni viri praestabunt, misericordiam autem vitabunt ; est enim vitium pusilli
animi ad speciem alienorum malorum succidentis.
Itaque pessimo cuique familiarissima est ; anus et
mulierculae sunt, quae lacrimis nocentissimorum
moventur, quae, si liceret, carcerem effringerent.
Misericordia non causam, sed fortunam spectat;
clementia rationi accedit.
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