οὐδὲν γὰρ αἰσχρὸν, εἰ μόνον τὸ κερδαίνειν προσῇ, ἐδόξαζέν οἱ αὐτῷ ἐπαμφοτερίζοντι ἔσεσθαι.

As long as profit only grew, he considered it no shame to pay off both sides.

-Procopius, Secret History 14.23

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