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Now, although there are men who hate Cnaeus Carbo, though dead, yet they ought to
think, not what they were glad to have happen, but what they themselves would have
to fear in a similar case. This is a misfortune common to many a cause for alarm,
and a danger common to many. There are no intrigues more difficult to guard against
than those which are concealed under a pretence of duty, or under the name of some
intimate connection. For you can easily avoid one who is openly an adversary, by
guarding against him; but this secret, internal, and domestic evil not only exists,
but even overwhelms you before you can foresee it or examine into it. Is it not so?
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