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You , gentlemen , are now the representatives of Heaven ; I would claim your protection for Murena . ( b ) §§ 2 et quoniam to 10 . I have been reproached for undertaking this case : let me then begin by justifying myself , that my words ...
You , gentlemen , are now the representatives of Heaven ; I would claim your protection for Murena . ( b ) §§ 2 et quoniam to 10 . I have been reproached for undertaking this case : let me then begin by justifying myself , that my words ...
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Your depreciation of his family and puffing - up of your own is partial and not based on fact . Your family is better known to book - worms than to the people . I count you as a self - raised man , and all credit to you for it .
Your depreciation of his family and puffing - up of your own is partial and not based on fact . Your family is better known to book - worms than to the people . I count you as a self - raised man , and all credit to you for it .
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I set aside your undoubted personal merits , Servius ; we are talking of rising to office . In times of war and civil strife , when confusion reigns and all peaceful pursuits are at a standstill , who form the bulwark of the state ?
I set aside your undoubted personal merits , Servius ; we are talking of rising to office . In times of war and civil strife , when confusion reigns and all peaceful pursuits are at a standstill , who form the bulwark of the state ?
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You gave yourself up to preparations for this trial ; and , as I told you , the consequence was that your friends held back then , in order to support you in court , the people would not waste votes on a man who gave up all for lost ...
You gave yourself up to preparations for this trial ; and , as I told you , the consequence was that your friends held back then , in order to support you in court , the people would not waste votes on a man who gave up all for lost ...
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Your criticisms on the morality of entertaining citizens at election - time are carried too far , and are diametrically opposed to Roman habits and ways of thinking . You confound public munificence with personal luxury .
Your criticisms on the morality of entertaining citizens at election - time are carried too far , and are diametrically opposed to Roman habits and ways of thinking . You confound public munificence with personal luxury .
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| Title | M.T. Ciceronis Oratio Pro L. Murena Pitt press series |
| Author | Marcus Tullius Cicero |
| Contributor | William Emerton Heitland |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | University Press, 1874 |
| Original from | National Library of Israel |
| Digitized | 23 Jan 2020 |
| Length | 111 pages |
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