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Now do you, O Roman knights, take care.
You know that I was born of your order; that all my feelings have always
been enlisted in your cause. I say nothing of what I am now saying but with
the deepest anxiety and the greatest regard for your order. Other men may be
attached to other men and to other orders; I have always been devoted to
you, I warn you, I forewarn you, I give you notice while the affair and the
cause are still undecided; I call all men and gods to witness. While you
have it in your power, while it is lawful for you, beware lest you establish
for yourselves and for your order a harder condition than you may be able to
bear. This evil (believe me) will crawl on and extend further than you
fancy.
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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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