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ββNor to violate my treaty of alliance with
Lepidus, the most conscientious of men.ββ
You have any alliance with Lepidus or with any (I will not say virtuous citizen,
as he is, but with any) man in his senses! Your object is to make Lepidus appear
either an impious man, or a madman. But you are doing no good (although it is a
hard matter to speak positively of another), especially with a man like Lepidus,
whom I will never fear, but I shall hope good things of him unless I am
prevented from doing so. Lepidus wished to recall you from your frenzy, not to
be the assistant of your insanity. But you seek your friends not only among
conscientious men, but among most conscientious men. And you
actually, godlike is your piety, invent a new word to express it which has no
existence in the Latin language.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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