Hos ergo provehis et ostentas quasi specimen et exemplar, quae tibi secta vitae, quod hominum genus placeat; et ideo non censuram adhuc, non praefecturam morum recepisti, quia tibi beneficiis potius quam remediis ingenia nostra experiri placet.
These then are the men you promote and show as a typical example of the way of life and kind of man you prefer; and if you have not yet assumed the censorship and superintendence of our morals, it is because you would rather test our character by benefits than correctives.
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