A wise man would never stop being angry once he started. Every place is packed with vice and crime. More evil happens than punishment can ever fix. People seem locked in a massive competition to see who can be more wicked. Each day brings more eagerness to sin and less shame. Throwing aside all respect for what is good and just, desire rushes wherever it wants to go. Crimes are no longer done in secret — they happen right in front of us. Wickedness has become so common and taken such deep root in everyone's heart that innocence isn't just rare anymore. It doesn't exist at all. Do people break the law one by one, or just a few at a time? No. They rise up everywhere at once, as if responding to some universal signal, to destroy the line between right and wrong.
The wise man will never cease to be angry, if he once begins, so full is every place of vices and crimes. More evil is done than can be healed by punishment: men seem engaged in a vast race of wickedness. Every day there is greater eagerness to sin, less modesty. Throwing aside all reverence for what is better and more just, lust rushes whithersoever it thinks fit, and crimes are no longer committed by stealth, they take place before our eyes, and wickedness has become so general and gained such a footing in everyone's breast that innocence is no longer rare, but no longer exists. Do men break the law singly, or a few at a time? Nay, they rise in all quarters at once, as though obeying some universal signal, to wipe out the boundaries of right and wrong.