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Hence it was
that men were found who were even ridiculous in their indignation; some of whom, as
you have heard, said that it was not strange that such piggish 1 justice should be
worthless. Others were colder; but still, because they were angry they seemed
ridiculous, while they execrated Sacerdos who had spared so worthless a boar. And I
should hardly mention these things, for they were not extraordinarily witty, nor are
they worthy of the gravity of the present subject, if I did not wish you to
recollect that his worthlessness and iniquity were constantly in the mouths of the
populace, and had become a common proverb.
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1 There is a pun here on the name of Verres, which means a pig, boar: and on the name of Sacerdos, which means also a sacrificing priest.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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