M. Tullius Cicero, Against Verres, actio 2, M. Tulli Ciceroni Actionis in C. Verrem Secundae Liber Tertius, section 208

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[208] placent vobis hominum mores? placet ita geri magistratus ut geruntur? placet socios sic tractari, quod restat, ut per haec tempora tractatos videtis? cur haec a me opera ¹ consumitur? quid sedetis? cur non in media oratione mea consurgitis atque disceditis? vultis autem istorum audacias ² ac libidines aliqua ex parte resecare? desinite dubitare utrum sit utilius propter multos improbos uni parcere, an unius improbi supplicio multorum improbitatem coercere.

1 opera a me O (Ziel. p. 196)

2 audaciam O

M. Tullius Cicero. M. Tvlli Ciceronis Orationes: Divinatio in Q. Caecilivm. In C. Verrem Recognovit brevique adnotatione critica instruxit Gvlielmvs Peterson Rector Vniversitatis MacGillianae. William Peterson. Oxford. e Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1917. Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis.

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