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But at that time there were two consuls, whose minds, narrow, contemptible,
mean, groveling, dark, and dirty, were unable to look properly at, or to uphold, or to support
the mere name of the consulship, much less the splendour of that honour, and the importance of
that authority. They were not consuls, but dealers in provinces, and sellers of your dignity.
One of whom demanded back from me, in the hearing of many, Catiline, his lover; the other
reclaimed Cethegus, his cousin;—the two most wicked men in the memory of man, who (I
will not call them consuls, but robbers) not only deserted, in a cause in which, above all
others, the welfare of the republic and the dignity of the consulship was concerned, but
betrayed me, and opposed me, and wished to see me stripped of all aid, not only from
themselves, but also from you and from the other orders of the state. One of them, however,
deceived neither me nor any one else.
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