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But why should I seek to make an impression on you by my speech? For, if the end
of Caius Caesar cannot influence you to prefer being loved to being feared, no
speech of any one will do any good or have any influence with you; and those who
think him happy are themselves miserable. No one is happy who lives on such
terms that he may be put to death not merely with impunity, but even to the
great glory of his slayer. Wherefore, change your mind, I entreat you, and look
hack upon your ancestors, and govern the republic in such a way that your
fellow-citizens may rejoice that you were born without which no one can be happy
nor illustrious.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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