cuius maiestati etiam illa quae deorum numinibus aequatur auctoritas parentium vires suas subicit, fraterna quoque caritas animo aequo ac libenter cedit, summa quidem cum ratione, quia eversa domo integer rei publicae status manere potest, urbis ruina penates omnium secum trahat necesse est.
To the majesty of country even the authority of parents, which is equated with the divinities of the gods, subjects its power, and brotherly affection too yields readily and gladly; with the best of reason, because when a household is overturned the state of the commonwealth may remain intact, but the downfall of a city necessarily drags the household gods of all its inhabitants down with it.
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