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For so great is men's affection
for their country; that I was sacred even in the eyes of your legions, because
they recollected that the country had been saved by me. However, grant that you
did give me what you did not take away from me; and that I have my life as a
present from you, since it was not taken from me by you; was it possible for me,
after all your insults, to regard that kindness of yours as I regarded it at
first, especially after you saw that you must hear this reply from me?
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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