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exorari scelus, misereri flagitium.' nostri autem
illi1 — fatebor enim, Cato, me quoque in adulescentia diffisum
ingenio meo quaesisse adiumenta doctrinae — nostri, inquam,
illi a Platone et Aristotele, moderati homines et temperati,
aiunt apud sapientem valere aliquando gratiam; viri boni
esse misereri; distincta genera esse2 delictorum et disparis
poenas; esse apud hominem constantem ignoscendi locum;
ipsum sapientem saepe aliquid opinari quod3 nesciat, irasci
non numquam, exorari eundem et placari, quod dixerit
interdum, si ita rectius sit, mutare, de sententia decedere
aliquando; omnis virtutes mediocritate quadam esse moderatas4.
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