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[37] " Leges," inquit, " ut faciamus, quod oportet, non efficiunt, et quid aliud sunt quam minis mixta praecepta ? " Primum omnium ob hoc illae non persuadent, quia minantur, at haec non cogunt, sed [p. 36] exorant. Deinde leges a scelere deterrent, praecepta in officium adhortantur. His adice quod 1 leges quoque proficiunt ad bonos mores, utique si non tantum imperant, sed docent.
1 quod later MSS.; quo BA.
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