"Rursus prosperum ac felix scelus virtus vocatur; sontibus parent boni, ius est in armis, opprimit leges timor."
— Obedience

January 1, 1970

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Prosperous and successful crime goes by the name of virtue; good men obey the bad, might is right and fear oppresses law. — Seneca, Hercules Furens (The Madness of Hercules), lines 251-253