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Moreover, Quinctius himself cried out that he
was unwilling to give security, lest by so doing he should seem to admit that his goods
had been taken possession of in accordance with the edict: besides, if he gave a bond in
that manner, he should be forced (as has now happened) to speak first in a trial
affecting himself capitally. Dolabella (as high-born men are wont to do, who, whether
they have begun to act rightly or wrongly, carry either conduct to such a height that no
one born in our rank of life can overtake them) perseveres most bravely in committing
injustice: he bids him either give security or give a bond; and meantime he orders our
advocates, who objected to this, to be removed with great roughness.
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