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Chi lascia impunito d'un solo l'error, ogn'altro fa ardito a farne un peggior. Chi tollera un empio, e 'l vuol sostener, fa poi con l'esempio cent'altri cader.
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- by Niccolò Minato (1630 - 1698) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-07-19
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Who leaves unpunished even one wrongdoing provokes the boldness of others, who will commit worse offenses. Who tolerates a villain and wishes to maintain him shall cause by this example a hundred people to fall.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Niccolò Minato (1630 - 1698)
This text was added to the website: 2018-07-25
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