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What then, is the object proposed to
themselves by these directors of the republic, which they are bound to keep
their eyes fixed upon, and towards which they ought to direct their course?
That which is most excellent and most desirable to all men in their senses,
and to all good and happy men,—ease conjoined with duty. Those who
seek this are all best men; those who effect it are considered the chief
leaders in and the preservers of their states. For men ought not to be so
elated by the dignity of the affairs which they have undertaken to manage,
as to have no regard to their ease; nor ought they to dwell with fondness on
any sort of ease which is inconsistent with dignity.
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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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