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From which it came into my mind to say that which, when I
had said lately before Marcus Glabrio at the time of striking the list of judges, I
perceived the Roman people greatly moved by; that I thought that foreign nations
would send ambassadors to the Roman people to procure the abrogation of the law, and
of all trials, about extortion; for if there were no trials, they think that each
man would only plunder them of as much as he would think sufficient for himself and
his children; but now, because there are trials of that sort, every one carries off
as much as it will take to satisfy himself, his patrons, his advocates, the praetor,
and the judges; and that this is an enormous sum; that they may be able to satisfy
the cupidity of one most avaricious man, but are quite unable to incur the expense
of his most guilty victory over the laws.
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