1. Cicero, On Duties, 1.77 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
1.77. Illud autem optimum est, in quod invadi solere ab improbis et invidis audio: Cedant arma togae, concedat laurea laudi. Ut enim alios omittam, nobis rem publicam gubertibus nonne togae arma cesserunt? neque enim periculum in re publica fuit gravius umquam nec maius otium. Ita consiliis diligentiaque nostra celeriter de manibus audacissimorum civium delapsa arma ipsa ceciderunt. | 1.77. The whole truth, however, is in this verse, against which, I am told, the malicious and envious are wont to rail: "Yield, ye arms, to the toga; to civic praises, ye laurels." Not to mention other instances, did not arms yield to the toga, when I was at the helm of state? For never was the republic in more serious peril, never was peace more profound. Thus, as the result of my counsels and my vigilance, their weapons slipped suddenly from the hands of the most desperate traitors â dropped to the ground of their own accord! What achievement in war, then, was ever so great? |
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2. Cicero, Letters, 1.1.27 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
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3. Cicero, Letters, 1.1.27 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
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4. Cicero, Letters, 1.1.27 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
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5. Cicero, Letters, 1.1.27 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
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6. Cicero, Letters To Quintus, 1.1.27 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
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7. Cicero, Philippicae, 2.20 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
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8. Cicero, Pro Archia, 16, 18-19, 22-24, 27, 30, 15 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
15. quaeret quispiam: 'quid? illi ipsi summi viri quorum virtutes litteris proditae sunt istane doctrina quam tu effers laudibus eruditi fuerunt?' difficile est hoc de omnibus confirmare, sed tamen est certum quid quod GEea respondeam. ego multos homines excellenti animo ac virtute fuisse sine doctrina, et sine doctrina et Schütz : et ( om. p : etiam b χ1 ) sine doctrina codd. naturae ipsius habitu prope divino per se ipsos et moderatos et gravis exstitisse fateor; etiam illud adiungo, saepius ad laudem atque virtutem naturam sine doctrina naturae ... doctrina om. Ee quam sine natura valuisse doctrinam. atque idem ego hoc hoc GEe : om. cett. contendo, cum ad naturam eximiam et et GEe : atque cett. inlustrem accesserit ratio quaedam conformatioque oratio ς b1gp conformatio GE : confirmatio cett. doctrinae, tum illud nescio quid praeclarum ac singulare solere exsistere. | |
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9. Augustus, Res Gestae Divi Augusti, 1.2-1.3, 6.1, 34.1 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)
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10. Sallust, Iugurtha, 4 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
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11. Pliny The Elder, Natural History, 34.19 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
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12. Velleius Paterculus, Roman History, 2.91.1
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