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"Hinc igitur aliis de causis ea radice nitentibus, quod turpitudo suapte natura miseros faciat, apparet inlatam cuilibet iniuriam non accipientis sed inferentis esse miseriam."
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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Cui nullum bonum malumque sit, nisi bonus malusque animus -- Quem nec extollant fortuita, nec frangant -- Cui vera voluptas erit voluptatum comtemplio -- Cui unum bonum honestas, unum malum turpitudo.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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[1] "Si causam quaeris absolutionis, egestas judicum fuit et turpitudo ....
Caesar: a Sketch James Anthony Froude 1856
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