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"He who steals from one citizen,” said Cato, “ends his days in fetters and chains; but he who steals from all ends them in purple and gold.”
by achierius 1y ago
"He who steals from one citizen,” said Cato, “ends his days in fetters and chains; but he who steals from all ends them in purple and gold.”
- mananaysiempre 1y ago> “Fures,” inquit [Cato], “privatorum furtorum in nervo atque in compedibus aetatem agunt, fures publici in auro atque in purpura.” A. Gellius, Noctes Atticae, XI, 18, 18. https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Gellius/11*.html#18.18 https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Gellius/1...