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nam de altera quae
detractione pluribus dicendum1 est.
utimur vulgo et comparativis pro absolutis, ut
cum se quis infirmiorem esse dicet; duo inter se
comparativa committimus: Si te, Catilina, comprehendi,
si interfici iussero, credo, erit verendum mihi, ne non
potius hoc omnes boni serius a me quam quisquam crudelius factum esse dicat.
1 quae bracketed by Halm: dicendum, Regius: adiiciendum, MSS.
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