[14] Can nothing, therefore, be said against the life of Lucius Murena? Absolutely nothing, I say, O judges. The consul elect is defended by me on this ground, that no fraud of his, no avarice, no perfidy, no cruelty, no wanton word can be alleged against him in his whole life. It is well. The foundations of the defence are laid; for we are not as yet defending this virtuous and upright man with my own panegyric, which I will employ presently, but almost by the confession of his adversaries.
7 And now that this is settled, the approach to the contest for this dignity, which was the second part of the accusation, is more easy to me.
7 And now that this is settled, the approach to the contest for this dignity, which was the second part of the accusation, is more easy to me.
Pro L. Murena. M. Tullius Cicero. Charles Duke Yonge (Translator). London. 1856.
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