[51]
Was Caius Marius, I pray you, more illustrious
when Caius Glaucia was praising him, or when he became angry afterwards and
abused him? Or, was this madman, who has been so long rushing headlong on
punishment and destruction, more foul-mouthed and shameless when accusing
Pompeius than he had been when reviling the whole senate? But I do marvel
that though the former conduct may have been pleasing to angry men, the
other course should not have been odious to such good citizens. But, lest
this should any longer please excellent men, let them just read this
harangue of his, of which I speak: in which, shall I say, he extols, or
rather debases Pompeius? Undoubtedly he extols him, and says, that he is the
only man in the city worthy of the glory of this empire; and hints that he
is an exceedingly great friend of his, and that they are entirely
reconciled.
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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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