quid iis ergo vitiis foedius, quid etiam damnosius, quibus virtus atteritur, victoriae relanguescunt, sopita gloria in infamiam convertitur, animique pariter et corporis vires expugnantur, adeo ut nescias ab hostibusne an ab illis capi perniciosius habendum sit?
So what can be fouler, what more ruinous than those vices, by which manliness is worn away, victories grow languid, glory falls asleep and turns into disgrace, the forces alike of mind and body are destroyed? So much so that it is a question whether capture by enemies or by these should be accounted the more pernicious.
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