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vides1 quam sit varia vitae
commutabilisque ratio, quam vaga volubilisque fortuna,
quantae infidelitates in amicitiis2, quam ad tempus aptae simulationes,
quantae in periculis fugae proximorum, quantae
timiditates. erit, erit3 illud profecto tempus et inlucescet
ille aliquando4 dies, cum tu salvis5, ut spero, rebus tuis, sed
fortasse in6 motu7 aliquo communium8 temporum, qui quam9
crebro accidat experti scire debemus, et amicissimi benevolentiam
et gravissimi hominis fidem et unius post homines
natos fortissimi viri magnitudinem animi desideres.
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M. Tullius Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes: Recognovit breviqve adnotatione critica instrvxit Albertus Curtis Clark Collegii Reginae Socius. Albert Curtis Clark. Oxford. e Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1918. Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis.
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