June 21, 2010

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Dying societies accumulate laws like dying men accumulate remedies.

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2 comments:

  1. StephenJanuary 12, 2011 at 7:02 PM

    The original Spanish is:

    Las sociedades moribundas acumulan leyes como los moribundos remedios.

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  2. StephenJanuary 12, 2011 at 7:02 PM

    Cf. Tacitus, Annals, III.27:

    Corruptissima republica, plurimae leges.

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