M. Tullius Cicero, Pro P. Sulla, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 90

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[90] te ipsum iam, Torquate, expletum huius¹ miseriis esse² par erat³ et, si⁴ nihil aliud Sullae nisi consulatum abstulissetis, tamen eo vos contentos⁵ esse oportebat; honoris enim contentio vos ad causam, non inimicitiae deduxerunt. sed cum huic omnia cum honore detracta sint, cum in hac fortuna miserrima⁶ ac luctuosissima destitutus sit⁷, quid est quod expetas⁸ amplius? Lucisne hanc usuram eripere vis⁹ plenam lacrimarum atque maeroris, in qua cum maximo cruciatu ac¹⁰ dolore retinetur? libenter reddiderit adempta ignominia foedissimi criminis. an vero inimicum ut expellas? cuius ex miseriis, si esses crudelissimus, videndo fructum caperes maiorem¹¹ quam audiendo.

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.) — 90 focus

[90] It would be becoming for even you yourself, O Torquatus, to be by this time satisfied with the miseries of my client. Although you had taken nothing from Sulla except the consulship, yet you ought to be content with that for it was a contest for honour, and not enmity, which originally induced you to take up this cause. But now that, together with his honour, everything else has been taken from him,—now that he is desolate, crushed by this miserable and grievous fortune, what is there which you can wish for more? Do you wish to deprive him of the enjoyment of the light of day, full as it is to him of tears and grief, in which he now lives amid the greatest grief and torment? He would gladly give it up, if you would release him from the foul imputation of this most odious crime. Do you seek to banish him as an enemy, when, if you were really hard-hearted, you would derive greater enjoyment from seeing his miseries than from hearing of them?

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Pro P. Sulla

1. huius his ς

2. esse TE πa: om. cett.

3. par erat TE π: pateat cett.

4. et si πa σψ, Müller: etsi cett.

5. contentos vos E π

6. miserrima TE: misera cett.

7. sit est E

8. expetas E: expectas (-es πc) cett.

9. vis eius π: fort. ei vis

10. ac TEb: atque cett.

11. maiorem caperes E

M. Tullius Cicero Pro P. Sulla 90

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