M. Tullius Cicero, Cum Populo Gratias Egit, ed. William Peterson, 2

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[2] namque, Quirites¹, etsi nihil est homini magis optandum quam prospera aequabilis perpetuaque fortuna secundo vitae sine ulla offensione cursu, tamen, si mihi tranquilla et placata² omnia fuissent, incredibili quadam et paene divina, qua nunc vestro beneficio fruor, laetitiae voluptate³ caruissem. quid dulcius hominum generi ab natura datum est quam sui cuique liberi? mihi vero et propter indulgentiam meam et propter excellens eorum ingenium vita sunt mea cariores: tamen non tanta voluptate erant suscepti quanta⁴ nunc sunt restituti.

Cum Populo Gratias Egit. M. Tullius Cicero. ed. William Peterson. Oxford. 1909.

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Cum Populo Gratias Egit (Latin) (Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes, Volume 5. Peterson, William, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1911.)

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Second Oration After Cicero's Return: Addressed to the People. Perseus (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 2. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1856.) — 2 focus

[2] For although there is nothing more to be wished for by man than prosperous, equal, continual good-fortune in life, flowing on in a prosperous course, without any misadventure; still, if all my life had been tranquil and peaceful, I should have been deprived of the incredible and almost heavenly delight and happiness which I now enjoy through your kindness. What sweeter thing has been given to the race of man, or to each individual, by nature, than his own children? To me especially, mine, on account of my affectionate nature, and on account of their own excellent qualities, are dearer to me than my life. And yet I did not feel that pleasure when they were born, that I feel now when they are restored to me.

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Cum Populo Gratias Egit

1. Namque, Quirites scripsi: Quirites codd. (laetor, Quirites. Et si ed. R. Et si enim Hotom.): Quare etsi ( om. Quirites) Madv., Muell.

2. pacata dett.

3. Num laetitia et volup. ( pro Sulla § 91)

4. tantae voluptati ... quantae Schol., Halm

M. Tullius Cicero Cum Populo Gratias Egit 2

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