Seneca. The garnered vices of so many years
Abound in us, we live in a base age
When crime is regnant, when wild lawlessness
Reigns and imperious passion owns the sway
Of shameless lust; the victress luxury
Plundered long since the riches of the world
That she might in a moment squander them.
[28]. Dante, Inf., III, 94-96 (tr. by Longfellow):
And unto him the Guide: “Vex thee not Charon;
It is so willed there where is power to do