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Wherefore, as I have often at other times differed against my will from Quintus
Fufius, so on this occasion I gladly agree with his proposition. And from this
you may see that my difference is not with the man, but with the cause which he
sometimes advocates.
Therefore, at present I not only agree with Quintus Fufius, but I even return
thanks to him; for he has given utterance to opinions which are upright, and
dignified, and worthy of the republic. He has pronounced Dolabella a public
enemy; he has declared his opinion that his property ought to be confiscated by
public authority. And though nothing could be added to this (for, indeed, what
could he propose more severe or more pitiless?), nevertheless, he said that if
any of those men who were asked their opinion after him proposed any more severe
sentence, he would vote for it. Who can avoid praising such severity as this?
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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