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THE SIXTH ORATION OF M. T. CICERO AGAINST MARCUS ANTONIUS. CALLED ALSO THE SIXTH PHILIPPIC. ADDRESSED TO THE PEOPLE.
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I, however, grant that it was a
kindness, since no greater kindness could be received from a robber, still in
what point can you call me ungrateful? Ought I not to complain of the ruin of
the republic, lest I should appear ungrateful towards you? But in
that complaint, mournful indeed and miserable, but still unavoidable for a man
of that rank in which the senate and people of Rome have placed me, what did I say that was insulting? that
was otherwise than moderate? that was otherwise than friendly? and what instance
was it not of moderation to complain of the conduct of Marcus Antonius, and yet
to abstain from any abusive expressions? especially when you had scattered
abroad all relics of the republic; when everything was on sale at your house by
the most infamous traffic; when you confessed that those laws which had never
been promulgated, had been passed with reference to you, and by you; when you,
being augur, had abolished the auspices, being consul, had taken away the power
of interposing the veto; when you were escorted in the most shameful manner by
armed guards; when, worn out with drunkenness and debauchery, you were every day
performing all sorts of obscenities in that chaste house of yours.
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