est enim haec quaedam vis malis moribus, ut innocentiam multitudinis devenustent scelera paucorum, cum tamen e diverso bonorum raritas flagitia multorum nequeat excusare virtutibus communicatis.
There is indeed a sort of active principle in wickedness the effect of which is that the crimes of the few besmirch the innocence of the many, while on the other hand a sprinkling of good people cannot by sharing their virtues extenuate the iniquities of the many.
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