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But, after this misfortune, who ever saw Publius Sulla otherwise than grieving, dejected,
and out of spirits? Who ever suspected that he was avoiding the sight of men and the light of
day, out of hatred, and not rather out of shame? For though he had many temptations to
frequent this city and the forum, by reason of the great attachment of his friends to him, the
only consolation which remained to him in his misfortunes, still he kept out of your sight;
and though he might have remained here as far as the law went he almost condemned himself to
banishment.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1856.
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