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Thursday, December 07, 2017
Hatred of Your Country
Silius Italicus 7.555-556 (tr. J.D. Duff):
To harbour wrath against your country is a sin; and no more heinous
crime can mortal man carry down to the shades below.
succensere nefas patriae; nec foedior ulla
culpa sub extremas fertur mortalibus umbras.