Sallust, Bellum Catilinae Chapter 12
Garrett Dome /
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- Translated by J C Rolfe
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XII . Postquam dīvitiae honōrī esse coepēre et eās glōria imperium potentia sequēbātur , hebēscere virtūs , paupertās probrō habērī innocentia prō malevolentiā dūcī coepit 2 . igitur ex dīvitiīs iuventūtem luxuria atque avāritia cum superbiā invāsēre : rapere cōnsūmere , sua parvī pendēre , aliēna cupere , pudōrem pudīcitiam , dīvīna atque hūmāna prōmiscua , nihil pēnsī neque moderātī habēre .
As
soon
as
riches
came
to
be
held
in
honour
,
when
glory
,
dominion
,
and
power
followed
in
their
train
,
virtue
began
to
lose
its
lustre
,
poverty
to
be
considered
a
disgrace
,
blamelessness
to
be
termed
malevolence
.
2
Therefore
as
the
result
of
riches
,
luxury
and
greed
,
united
with
insolence
,
took
possession
of
our
young
manhood
.
They
pillaged
,
squandered
;
set
little
value
on
their
own
,
coveted
the
goods
of
others
;
they
disregarded
modesty
,
chastity
,
everything
human
and
divine
;
in
short
,
they
were
utterly
thoughtless
and
reckless
.