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There is no greater safety for a republic, than for those who
accuse another to be no less alarmed for their own credit, and honour, and reputation,
than they who are accused are for their lives and fortunes. And therefore, those men
have always conducted prosecutions with the greatest care and with the greatest pains,
who have considered that they themselves had their reputations at stake.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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