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Nor was he more skillful in explaining the law than in
laying down the principles of justice. Those maxims which were derived from
laws, and from the common law, he constantly referred to the original principles
of kindness and equity. Nor was he more fond of arranging the conduct of
lawsuits than of preventing disputes altogether. Therefore he is not in want of
this memorial which a statue will provide; he has other and better ones. For
this statue will be only a witness of his honorable death; those actions will be
the memorial of his glorious life. So that this will be rather a monument of the
gratitude of the senate, than of the glory of the man.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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