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THE SIXTH ORATION OF M. T. CICERO AGAINST MARCUS ANTONIUS. CALLED ALSO THE SIXTH PHILIPPIC. ADDRESSED TO THE PEOPLE.
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But if, as has been said to me
by some of his intimate friends, every speech which is at all contrary to his
inclination is violently offensive, to him, even if there be no insult in it
whatever; then we will bear with the natural disposition of our friend. But
those men, at the same time, say to me, “You will not have the same
licence granted to you who are the adversary of Caesar as might be claimed by
Piso his father-in-law.”
And then they warn me of something which I must guard against; and certainly,
the excuse which sickness supplies me with, for not coming to the senate, will
not be a more valid one than that which is furnished by death.
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