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Wherefore that fury may burst itself; and it must hear
me say these things since it has provoked me—I have twice saved
the republic both when as consul in the garb of peace I subdued armed
enemies, and when as a private individual I yielded to the consuls in arms.
Of each piece of conduct I have reaped the greatest reward—I
reaped the reward of my first achievement when I saw the senate and all
virtuous men, in pursuance of a resolution of the senate, change their
garments for the sake of my safety; and that of my subsequent conduct, when
the senate, and the Roman people, and all men, whether in a public or a
private capacity, decided that without my return the republic would not be
safe.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. 1891.
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