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Accedebat ut haec tu
adulescens pro re publica queri summa cum dignitate existimarere;
ego, homo censorius, vix satis honeste viderer seditiosum
civem et in hominis consularis calamitate crudelem
posse defendere. Erant optimi cives iudices, bonorum
virorum plenum forum, vix ut mihi tenuis quaedam venia
daretur excusationis, quod tamen eum defenderem, qui mihi
quaestor fuisset. Hic ego quid dicam me artem aliquam
adhibuisse? Quid fecerim, narrabo; si placuerit, vos
meam defensionem in aliquo artis loco reponetis.
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