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As, therefore, on account of the reasons which I have stated, my system of defence must be
changed, I must also forget for a little time, in the case of Publius Fabius, that lenity of mine
which I practiced at the previous trial, when I restrained myself from using any arguments
which might have the appearance of attacking him, so much that I seemed to be defending his
reputation with no less care than the cause of Marcus Tullius. Now, since Quinctius has
thought it not foreign to the subject to introduce so many statements, false for the most part
and most wickedly invented, concerning the life and habits and character of Marcus Tullius,
Fabius must pardon me for many reasons, if I do not now appear to spare his character so much,
or to show the same regard for it now as I did previously.
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