Fecit hoc Nerva nihil interesse arbitratus, genueris an elegeris, si perinde sine iudicio adoptentur liberi ac nascuntur; nisi quod tamen aequiore animo ferunt homines, quem princeps parum feliciter genuit, quam quem male elegit.
Thus Nerva made his choice, realizing that unless sons are adopted with more judgement than they are begotten there is little difference between a son born and a son chosen'but for the fact that men will more readily forgive a ruler for a son who proves unworthy than for a successor who was a bad choice.
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