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With respect to all the things which Caesar was intending to do in the senate on
the ides of March, I ask whether you have done any thing? I heard, indeed, that
you had come down prepared, because you thought that I intended to speak about
your having made a false statement respecting the auspices, though it was still
necessary for us to respect them. The fortune of the Roman people saved us from
that day. Did the death of Caesar also put an end to your opinion respecting the
auspices? But I have come to mention that occasion which must be allowed to
precede those matters which I had begun to discuss. What a flight was that of
yours! What alarm was yours on that memorable day! How, from the consciousness
of your wickedness, did you despair of your life! How, while flying, were you
enabled secretly to get home by the kindness of those men who wished to save
you, thinking you would show more sense than you do!
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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