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You know the insolence of
Antonius; you know his friends, you know his whole household. To be slaves to
lustful, wanton, debauched, profligate, drunken gamblers, is the extremity of
misery combined with the extremity of infamy. And if now (but may the immortal
gods avert the omen!) that worst of fates shall befall the republic, then, as
brave gladiators take care to perish with honor, let us too, who are the chief
men of all countries and nations, take care to fall with dignity rather than to
live as slaves with ignominy.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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