"The evil was not in bread and…" — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Le mal n'était pas dans le pain et les jeux en tant que tels mais dans la volonté des gens de vendre leurs droits d'hommes libres pour des ventres pleins et l'excitation des jeux qui serviraient d'instrument de leur décadence.

Marcus Tullius Cicero Philosopher, Orator, Statesman

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