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volgus infidum: contrasted with Fides. Cf. Sen. Phaedr.496, volgus infidum bonis; Otto, p.378. For the faithlessness of fair-weather friends, cf. poor Ovid's plaint, Trist. 1. 5. 33, vix duo tresve mihi de tot superestis amici: | cetera Fortunae non mea turba fuit.


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