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From this moment on, citizens, we lose our freedom.

— Decimus Laberius

Porro, Quirites, libertatem perdimus.

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As ivy destroys the vital force of trees by creeping ’round them, so long passage of years is killing me. Like a tomb, I keep nothing but my name.

He whom many fear must needs fear many.

All men cannot come out first each time. When you’ve reached the highest step on fame’s ladder, you’ll find it hard to keep your footing and fall more quickly than you rise: I fell, and so will the one who follows: fame belongs to no one man.

No ambition, no largesse, no fear, no force, no man’s prestige could make me shift my stance when I was young: now that I’m old, do you see how easily I’m undone by the invitation—humble and mild—that issues from the merciful mind of the man who towers above us?

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