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Oh, he was a man, indeed, of
tried industry and energy, or else of a splendid reputation for economy, or perhaps,
which is however of the least importance, for his constant attendance at our
assemblies;—a man who had lived before his quaestorship with prostitutes
and pimps; who had passed his quaestorship you yourselves know how;—who,
since that infamous quaestorship, has scarcely been three days in Rome: who, while absent, has not been out of sight,
but has been the common topic of conversation for every one on account of his
countless iniquities. He, on a sudden, the moment he came to Rome, is made praetor for nothing! Besides that,
other money was paid to buy off accusations. To whom it was paid is, I think,
nothing to me; nothing to the matter in hand. That it was paid was at the time
notorious to every one while the occurrence was recent.
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