Ac si forte aliquos flumina nives venti praepedissent, statim hoc illud esse credebant quod merebantur; nec erat discrimen ullum pavoris, propterea quod cum a malo principe tamquam successor timeatur quisquis est dignior, cum sit nemo non dignior, omnes timentur.
And if perchance some of these were delayed by rivers, snow, or adverse winds, they jumped to the conclusion that they would get their just deserts. Their apprehensions were always the same; for a bad ruler fears anyone worthier than himself as a likely successor, so when all are worthier, all are feared.
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