De Amicitia, De senectute; De amicitia; De divinatione. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Falconer, William Armistead, editor; Falconer, William Armistead, translator, editor
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cum autem omnium rerum simulatio vitiosa
est, tollit enim iudicium veri idque adulterat, tum
amicitiae repugnat maxime; delet enim veritatem,
sine qua nomen amicitiae valere non potest. nam
cum amicitiae vis sit in eo ut unus quasi animus
fiat ex pluribus, qui id fieri poterit, si ne in uno
quidem quoque unus animus erit idemque semper,
sed varius commutabilis multiplex?
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quid enim
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potest esse tam flexibile, tam devium, quam animus
eius, qui ad alterius non modo sensum ac voluntatem, sed etiam voltum atque nutum convertitur?
negat quis, nego; ait, aio; postremo imperavi egomet mihi omnia assentari,ut ait idem Terentius, sed ille in Gnathonis persona, quod amici genus adhibere omnino levitatis est.
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multi autem Gnathonum similes, cum sint loco fortuna fama superiores, quorum[*]quorum Reid; horum MfSS.
est assentatio molesta,
cum ad vanitatem accessit auctoritas.
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secerni
autem blandus amicus a vero et internosci tam potest
adhibita diligentia, quam omnia fucata et simulata
a sinceris atque veris. contio, quae ex imperitissimis constat, tamen iudicare solet, quid intersit
inter popularem, id est assentatorem et levem civem,
et inter constantem et verum et gravem.
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quibus
blanditiis C. Papirius nuper influebat in auris contionis, cum ferret legem de tribunis plebis reficiendis!
dissuasimus nos, sed nihil de me, de Scipione
dicam libentius. quanta illi, di immortales, fuit
gravitas, quanta in oratione maiestas! ut facile
ducem populi Romani, non comitem diceres. sed
affuistis, et est in manibus oratio. itaque lex
popularis suffragiis populi repudiata est.
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atque, ut ad me redeam, meministis Q. Maximo
fratre Scipionis et L. Mancino consulibus, quam
popularis lex de sacerdotiis C. Licini Crassi videbatur; cooptatio enim collegiorum ad populi beneficium transferebatur. (Atque is primus instituit in
forum versus agere cum populo.) Tamen illius
vendibilem orationem religio deorum immortalium
nobis defendentibus facile vincebat. atque id actum
est praetore me, quinquennio ante quam consul sum
factus. ita re magis quam summa auctoritate causa
illa defensa est.
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