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The poverty of the man is such that it cannot be
concealed, and it is only the more conspicuous the more it is kept out of sight. Your
avarice you make a parade of when you form an alliance with an utter stranger against
the fortunes of a fellow-citizen and a relation. How audacious you are (to pass over
other points), all men may understand from this, that out of the whole troop, that is to
say, out of so many assassins, you alone were found to sit with the accusers, and not
only to show them your countenance, but even to volunteer it. You must admit that you
had enmity against Sextus Roscius, and great disputes about family affairs.
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