M. Tullius Cicero, Pro A. Cluentio, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 70

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[70] itaque rem excogitat singularem. atque haec, iudices, quae vera¹ dicuntur a nobis facilius credetis, si cum animis vestris longo intervallo recordari C. Gaii Staieni vitam et naturam volueritis; nam perinde ut opinio est de cuiusque moribus, ita quid ab eo factum aut non factum sit existimari potest. 26 cum esset egens, sumptuosus, audax, callidus, perfidiosus, et cum domi suae miserrimus² in locis inanissimis³ tantum nummorum positum videret, ad omnem malitiam et fraudem versare mentem suam⁴ coepit. ego dem⁵ iudicibus? mihi ipsi igitur⁶ praeter periculum et infamiam quid quaeretur? nihil excogitem quam ob rem Oppianicum⁷ damnari necesse sit? quid⁸ tandem? — nihil enim est quod non fieri possit — si quis eum forte casus ex periculo eripuerit, nonne reddendum est? praecipitantem igitur impellamus inquit et perditum prosternamus.

Pro A. Cluentio. M. Tullius Cicero. ed. Albert Curtis Clark. Oxford. 1908.

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Pro A. Cluentio (Latin) (Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes, Volume 1. Clark, Albert Curtis, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.)

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For A. Cluentius Perseus (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 2. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1856.) — 70 focus

[70] Therefore, he contrives a singular plan. And you will the more easily, O judges, believe the things which are said by us, if you will direct your minds back a considerable space, so as to recollect the way of life and disposition of Caius Stalenus. For according to the opinion that is formed of a man's habits do people conjecture what has or has not been done by him. 26
As he was a man needy, expensive, audacious, cunning, perfidious, and as he saw so vast a sum of money laid up in his house, a most miserable and unfurnished receptacle for it, he began to revolve in his mind every sort of cunning and fraud. “Must I give it to the judges? In that case, what shall I get myself, except danger and infamy? Can I contrive no means by which Oppianicus must be condemned? Why not? There is nothing in the world that cannot be managed somehow. If any chance delivers him from danger, must I not return the money? Let us, then, drive him on headlong, and crush him in utter ruin.”

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Pro A. Cluentio

1. vera Σa: vere M μ

2. miserrimus b1 t: miserrimis Mb2 σψ s locis] loculis Ernesti: focis Gulielmius

3. inanissimis ed. Guar.: et inanissimis M μa: exinanitissimis Classen (et cum... videret om. Severian. Rhet. M. p. 361)

4. suam mentem αa

5. ego dem (eo ego s) b2 ψ2a: eodem Σ: deme M μ

6. ipsi igitur Σa: igitur ipsi M μ

7. Oppianicum Σa: Oppianico M μ

8. quid Σ b1a: qui cett. non fieri Σa: fieri non M μ

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