It is the usual though inequitable method of the world, to pronounce an action to be either right or wrong, as it is attended with good or ill success. (Pliny the Younger)

It is the usual though inequitable method of the world, to pronounce an action to be either right or wrong, as it is attended with good or ill success.

Pliny the Younger

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