V. Verha impietaiis.
V. Verha impietaiis.
I don't want to obey either God or man. I don't want to obey either God or man. If I were to obey someone else, who looked only to his own benefit and commanded me to act without considering my own good, he would say to me: "Yield." This will not be. For if anyone has done me harm, I will repay them a hundredfold, and I will arrange my case in such a way that no one dares to oppose me. For I want to lie under no one's feet. For every cause that pertains to my benefit, I will act, just as anyone who is not a fool does. If God wants me to do what pleases you, then let it bring me only good.
Read the original Latin
9.» Nec Deo, nec homini obedire volo.
Si enim alio obedirem, quod ad utilitatem suam respiceret, me facere juberet, nec utilitatem meam inspiceret, sed raihi diceret: Cede.
Hoc autem non erit.
Nam si quis injuriam mihi intulerit, illam ei centuplum reddam, et causas meas sic disponam, quod nullus mihi resistere audeat.
Sub nullius enim pedibus jacere volo.
Nam unamquamque causam > quae ad utilitatem meam pertinet, faciam, sicut unusquisque facit, qui fatuus non est.
Si Deus vult ut faciam quod tibi placeat, non nisi bonum mihi inferat.»
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