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Quote from Lucius Annaeus Seneca,


"Once again prosperous and successful crime goes by the name of virtue; good men obey the bad, might is right and fear oppresses law."


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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (more quotes by Lucius Annaeus Seneca or books by/about Lucius Annaeus Seneca)


(4 B.C.-A.D. 65) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, "Seneca the Younger"

Source:

Tragedies, Hercules Furens (The Madness of Hercules), lines 251-253; (Amphitryon)

Categories:

Prosperity, Victory, Crime, Virtue, Goodness, Hypocrisy, Power, Rights, Oppression, Law

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