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Those Greeks whom I have just mentioned, having been unjustly condemned and
banished by their fellow-citizens, still, because they deserved well of
their state, enjoy such renown at this present time, not in Greece alone, but among ourselves also,
and in other lands, that no one ever mentions the names of those men by whom
they were oppressed, and that every one prefers their disasters to the
superior power of their enemies. Who of the Carthaginians was superior to
Hannibal in wisdom, and valour, and actual achievements? a man who
single-handed fought for so many years for empire and for glory with such
numbers of our generals. His own fellow-citizens banished him from the city;
but we see that he, though our enemy, is celebrated in the writings and
recollection of our citizens.
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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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