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Even if the cause of those men who wish to revenge their own injuries be ever so
strong, in which matter they are only obeying their own feelings of indignation, not
consulting the advantage of the republic: how much more honourable is that cause, which
is not only reasonable, but which ought to be acceptable to all,—that a man,
without having received any private injury to himself, should be influenced by the
sufferings and injuries of the allies and friends of the Roman people! When lately that
most brave and upright man Lucius Piso demanded
to be allowed to prefer an accusation against Publius Gabinius, and when Quintus
Caecilius claimed the same permission in opposition to Piso, and said that in so doing he was following up an old quarrel which
he had long had with Gabinius; it was not only the authority and dignity of Piso which
had great weight, but also the superior justice of his cause, because the Achaeans had
adopted him as their patron.
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