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Illa autem exceptio cui probari tandem potest,
quod negant sapientem suscepturum ullam rei publicae partem, extra quam si eum tempus et necessitas
coegerit? quasi vero maior cuiquam necessitas accidere possit, quam accidit nobis; in qua quid facere
potuissem, nisi tum consul fuissem? Consul
autem esse qui potui, nisi eum vitae cursum tenuissem a pueritia, per quem equestri loco natus pervenirem ad honorem amplissimum? Non igitur potestas
est ex tempore, aut cum velis, opitulandi rei publicae,
quamvis ea prematur periculis, nisi eo loco sis, ut
tibi id facere liceat.
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