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In what a style he himself flutters through the forum, with
his hair curled and perfumed, and with a great retinue of citizens, you yourselves
behold, O judges; in truth you see how he despises every one, how he thinks no one a
human being but himself, how he thinks himself the only happy, the only powerful man.
But if I were to wish too mention what he does and what he attempts, O judges, I am
afraid that some ignorant people would think that I wish to injure the cause of the
nobility, and to detract from their victory; although I have a right to find fault if
anything in that party displeases me. For I am not afraid that any one will suppose that
I have a disposition disaffected to the cause of the nobility.
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