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Ipsis, inquam,
deus consulit, quos esse quam honestissimos cupit,
quotiens illis materiam praebet aliquid animose
fortiterque faciendi, ad quam rem opus est aliqua
rerum difficultate. Gubernatorem in tempestate, in
acie militem intellegas. Unde possum scire quantum
adversus paupertatem tibi animi sit, si divitiis diffluis ?
Unde possum scire quantum adversus ignominiam et
infamiam odiumque populare constantiae habeas, si
inter plausus senescis, si te inexpugnabilis et in-
clinatione quadam mentium pronus favor sequitur ?
Unde scio quam aequo animo laturus sis orbitatem,
si quoscumque sustulisti vides ? Audivi te, cum alios
consolareris : tunc conspexissem, si te ipse consolatus
esses, si te ipse dolere vetuisses.
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