M. Tullius Cicero, Pro P. Quinctio, 13

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[13] Nor is it any wonder if he, who had his voice for sale, thought that those things which he had acquired by his voice would be a great profit to him; so that without much moderation, he carried off whatever he could from the common stock to his private house for himself. And in this he was as industrious as if all who behaved in a partnership with exact good faith, were usually condemned in a trial before an arbitrator. ¹ But concerning these matters I do not consider it necessary to say what Publius Quinctius wishes me to mention; although the cause calls for it: yet as it only calls for it, and does not absolutely require it, ² I will pass it over.

Pro P. Quinctio. M. Tullius Cicero. London. 1903.

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For Publius Quinctius (English) (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 1. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1903.)

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Pro P. Quinctio Perseus (Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes, Volume 4. Clark, Albert Curtis, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909.) — 13 focus

[13] nec mirum, si is qui vocem venalem habuerat ea quae voce quaesiverat magno sibi quaestui fore putabat. itaque hercule haud mediocriter de communi quodcumque poterat ad se in privatam domum sevocabat; qua in re ita diligens erat quasi ei qui magna fide societatem gererent arbitrium pro socio condemnari solerent. verum his de rebus non necesse habeo dicere ea quae me P. Quinctius cupit commemorare; tametsi causa postulat, tamen quia postulat, non flagitat, praeteribo.

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For P. Quinctius

1. The Latin has “arbitrium pro socio condemnari,” on which Graevius says, “ Arbitrium pro socio, is a formula of law, by which is signified an action and trial in a case of partnership if any one had cheated his partner; and Cicero means that Naevius was as industrious in cheating his partner, as if those who did not cheat were liable to be condemned, and not those who did cheat.”

2. The Latin has quia postulat non flagitat, both words being nearly synonymous, but flagito being evidently a stronger word than postulo.

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