M. Tullius Cicero, Pro P. Sulla, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 9

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[9] qua re nihil est quod ex tanto comitatu virorum amplissimorum me unum abstrahas; simplex officium atque una bonorum est¹ omnium causa. nihil erit² quod admirere posthac, si in ea parte in qua hos animum adverteris me videbis. nulla est enim in re publica mea causa³ propria; tempus agendi fuit mihi magis⁴ proprium quam ceteris, doloris vero et timoris et periculi fuit illa causa communis; neque enim ego⁵ tunc princeps⁶ ad salutem esse potuissem, si esse alii comites noluissent. qua re necesse est, quod mihi consuli praecipuum fuit praeter alios, id iam privato cum ceteris esse commune. neque ego hoc partiendae invidiae, sed communicandae laudis causa loquor; oneris mei partem nemini impertio, gloriae bonis omnibus.

Pro P. Sulla. M. Tullius Cicero. ed. Albert Curtis Clark. Oxonii. 1911.

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Pro P. Sulla (Latin) (Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes, Volume 6. Clark, Albert Curtis, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1911.)

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For P. Sulla Perseus (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 2. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1856.) — 9 focus

[9] There is, therefore, no pretence for your separating me from so numerous a company of most honourable men. Duty is a plain thing, and the cause of all men is one and the same. You will have no reason to marvel hereafter, whenever you see me on the same side as you observe these men. For there is no side in the republic in which I have a peculiar and exclusive property. The time for acting did belong more peculiarly to me than to the others but the cause of indignation, and fear, and danger was common to us all. Nor, indeed, could I have been at that time as I was the chief man in providing for the safety of the state if others had been unwilling to be my companions. Wherefore it is inevitable that that which, when I was consul, belonged to me especially above all other men, should, now that I am a private individual, belong to me in common with the rest. Nor do I say this for the sake of sharing my unpopularity with others, but rather with the object of allowing them to partake of my praises. I will give a share of my burden to no one; but a share of my glory to all good men.

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Pro P. Sulla

1. bonorum est T: bonorum e: est bonorum cett.

2. erit est eb1k

3. mea causa Te: causa mea cett.

4. mihi magis Tb1: magis mihi cett.

5. ego Te: om. cett.

6. tunc princeps Te πk: princeps tunc cett.

M. Tullius Cicero Pro P. Sulla 9

ed. Albert Curtis Clark

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