When men who are of the foremost rank are enamored of so many evils

When men who are of the foremost rank and of the greatest reputation are enamored of so many evils, is it any wonder that the rest of the world covets other evils of the same kind? Isocrates.  On The Peace.  Speech 8.  Section 113.



Image: A Murmillo Gladiator Fights a Barbary Lion in the colosseum in Rome courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

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