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These words will appear in the books of the one, but not in those of the other. Why
should you trust one rather than the other? Oh, would he ever have written it if he had
not borne this expense by his authority? No, says the other, would he not have written
it if he had given the authority? For just as it is discreditable to put down what is
not owed, so it is dishonest not to put down what you do owe. For his accounts are just
as much condemned who omits to make an entry of the truth, as his who puts down what is
false. But see now to what, relying on the abundance and cogency of my arguments, I am
now coming. If Caius Fannius produces in his own behalf his accounts of money received
and paid, written at his own pleasure, I do not object to your giving your decision in
his favour.
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