There have certainly been many periods in history when virtue was more rare than under the Caesars; but there has probably never been a period when vice was more extravagant or uncontrolled.


Chapter 5 (3rd edition p. 303) - A History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne (1869)

William Edward Hartpole Lecky Quotes

There have certainly been many periods in history when virtue was more rare than under the Caesars; but there has probably never been a period when...

There have certainly been many periods in history when virtue was more rare than under the Caesars; but there has probably never been a period when...

There have certainly been many periods in history when virtue was more rare than under the Caesars; but there has probably never been a period when...

There have certainly been many periods in history when virtue was more rare than under the Caesars; but there has probably never been a period when...