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In short, I have at all times inveighed
against the whole family and party of Antonius. Therefore, as those impious
citizens began to congratulate one another the moment the hope of peace was
presented to them, as if they had gained the victory, so also they abused me as
unjust: they made complaints against me; they distrusted Servilius also; they
recollected that Antonius had been damaged by his avowed opinions and
propositions; they recollected that Lucius Caesar, though a brave and consistent
senator, is still his uncle; that Calenus is his agent; that Piso is his
intimate friend; they think that you yourself, O Pansa, though a most vigorous
and fearless consul, are now become more mercifully inclined. Not that it really
is so, or that it possibly can be so. But the fact of a mention of peace having
been made by you, has given rise to a suspicion in the hearts of many, that you
have changed your mind a little. The friends of Antonius are annoyed at my being
included among these persons; and we must no doubt yield to them, since we have
once begun to be liberal.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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