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= Quotes from Cicero's Philippics =

Selected for Beauty, Language, and Interest
All quotes are complete sentences, with one exception.

The page numbers (all even) are from the Loeb edition.

Translated by ~, April 12, 2021.

I.II sec 4.0 page 22
"Lux quaedam videbatur oblata non modo regno, quod pertuleramus, sed regni timore sublato, magnumque pignus ab eo rei publicae datum, se liberam civitatem esse velle, cum dictatoris nomen, quod saepe iustum fuisset, propter perpetuae dictaturae recentem memoriam funditus ex re publica sustulisset."

A certain light seemed shown not only with tyranny, which we had long endured, but with fear of tyranny dislodged, and a great promise given by him [Antonius] to the State: that he wished it to be free, with the name of dictator, though it had often been legal, fully dislodged from the republic, on account of the recent memory of [Caesar's] perpetual dictatorship.

I.VI sec 14.2 page 32
"Mihi vero licet et semper licebit dignitatem tueri, mortem contemnere. Potestas modo veniendi in hunc locum sit, dicendi periculum non recuso."

By me in truth it is and always will be permitted to defend worth and condemn death. Only let me come here, I do not regret dangerous words.