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Among these the first class consists of those who, by sowing the seeds of all sorts of quarrels, busy themselves with thousands of recognisances, wearing out the doors of widows and the thresholds of childless men; and if they have found even slight retreatsFor receptacula, cf. xxviii. 1, 48. of secret enmity, they rouse deadly hatred among discordant friends, kinsfolk, or relatives. And in these men their vices do not cool down in course of time, as do those of others, but grow stronger and stronger. Poor amid insatiable robbery, they draw the daggerCalled by Wagner insipida translatio. of their talent to lead astray by crafty speeches the good faith of the judges, whose title is derived from justice.
