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Why then do I not wish for peace? Because it
would be shameful; because it would be dangerous; because it can not possibly be
real. And while I explain these three points to you, I beg of you, O conscript
fathers, to listen to my words with the same kindness which you usually show to
me.
What is more shameful than inconsistency, fickleness, and levity, both to
individuals, and also to the entire senate? Moreover, what can be more
inconsistent than on a sudden to be willing to be united in peace with a man
whom you have lately adjudged to be an enemy, not by words, but by actions and
by many formal decrees?
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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