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You will say that your statues and paintings were also an ornament to the city and
forum of the Roman people. I recollect: I, together with the Roman people, saw the
forum and place for holding the assemblies adorned with embellishments, in
appearance indeed magnificent, but to one's senses and thoughts bitter and
melancholy. I saw everything glittering with your thefts, with the plunder of the
provinces, with the spoils of our allies and friends. At which time, O judges, that
fellow conceived the hope of committing his other crimes. For he saw that these men,
who wished to be called the masters of the courts of law, were slaves to these
desires.
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