"Proclivis est enim malorum aemulatio, et quorum virtutes assequi nequeas, cito imitaris vitia."
— Jerome

January 1, 1970

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We are always ready to imitate what is evil; and faults are quickly copied where virtues appear inattainable. — Leter 107