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“Is
it then,” you will say, “but small glory that we shall
leave behind us?” It may, indeed, be sufficient for others,
however many they may be, and insufficient for you alone. For whatever it
is, however ample it may be, it certainly is insufficient, as long as there is anything greater still. And if, O Caius Caesar, this
was to be the result of your immortal achievements, that after conquering
all your enemies, you were to leave the republic in the state in which it
now is; then beware, I beg of you, lest your virtue should earn admiration
rather than solid glory; since the glory which is illustrious and which is
celebrated abroad, is the fame of many and great services done either to
one's own friends, or to one's country, or to the whole race of mankind.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. 1891.
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