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There is moreover that disposition in me, O Romans, that I not only will yield to the
audacity of no one, but that I always voluntarily attack the worthless. And if all the
violence of domestic enemies being warded off from you turns itself upon me alone, you will
have to take care, O Roman; in what condition you wish those men to be for the future, who
for your safety have exposed themselves to unpopularity and to all sorts of dangers. As for
me, myself; what is there which now can be gained by me for the enjoyment of life, especially
when neither in credit among you, nor in the glory of virtue, do I see any higher point to
which I can be desirous to climb?
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1856.
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