nec mirum si membra orbis concussa rotantur, si vitiis agitata suis mundana laborat machina, si terras luis incentiva fatigat: exemplum dat vita hominum, quo cetera peccent, vita hominum, cui quidquid agit vesania et error suppeditant, ut bella fremant, ut fluxa voluptas diffluat, inpuro fervescat ut igne libido, sorbeat ut cumulos nummorum faucibus amplis gurges avaritiae, finis quam nullus habendi temperat aggestis addentem vota talentis.
And no wonder if the worlds parts are shaken and tossed, if the machinery of the universe fails to work smoothly because it is thrown out of order by faults in itself, and the urge that plagues it gives the earth no rest; for the life of man sets an example for all else to sin, the life of man, whose every act is prompted by folly and delusion, so that wars rage, loose pleasure wantons, lust grows hot with its unclean fire, and the maw of greed swallows piles of money down its wide throat, since no limit of possession controls it and it only puts new desires on top of the riches it has amassed.
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