Common law Quote by Seneca the Elder

“Iniquum est collapsis manum non porrigere: commune hoc ius generis humani est" (It is wrong not to stretch out your hand to the fallen: that is a common law of the human race)” quote by Seneca the Elder — Download Open image

““Iniquum est collapsis manum non porrigere: commune hoc ius generis humani est" (It is wrong not to stretch out your hand to the fallen: that is a common law of the human race)””

Seneca the Elder

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Malice drinks one-half of its own poison.

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