The trade unions foster a state of affairs which allows one set of workers to be pitted against one another in wage wars.

Let others wage wars, you, fortunate Austria, marry.

Of these people, the Belgae are the bravest, because they are the farthest from the culture and civilization of the province, and merchants visit them the least often and bring in such things that are of interest for those with weak minds, and closest are the Germans, who live across the Rhine, with whom they constantly wage war.