De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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O
fallacem hominum spem fragilemque fortunam et inanis
nostras contentiones, quae medio in spatio saepe franguntur
et corruunt aut ante in ipso cursu obruuntur, quam
portum conspicere potuerunt! Nam quam diu Crassi fuit
ambitionis labore vita districta, tam diu privatis magis officiis
et ingeni laude floruit quam fructu amplitudinis aut rei
publicae dignitate; qui autem annus ei primus ab honorum
perfunctione aditum omnium concessu ad summam auctoritatem
dabat, is eius omnem spem atque omnia vitae consilia
morte pervertit.
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Fuit hoc luctuosum suis, acerbum
patriae, grave bonis omnibus; sed ei tamen rem publicam
casus secuti sunt, ut mihi non erepta L. Crasso a dis immortalibus
vita, sed donata mors esse videatur. Non vidit
flagrantem bello Italiam, non ardentem invidia senatum,
non sceleris nefarii principes civitatis reos, non luctum
filiae, non exsilium generi, non acerbissimam C. Mari fugam,
non illam post reditum eius caedem omnium crudelissimam,
non denique in omni genere deformatam eam civitatem, in
qua ipse florentissima multum omnibus gloria praestitisset.
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