Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pro Caelio [13]

Cicero continues to outline Catiline's character and explain how he was able to sway so many people by doing favors, being a good friend, and even by committing crimes on behalf of others if need be.

Tier 1

quis umquam erat iucundior viris superioribus, quis erat tam prope viros malos?

 

quis civis umquam habebat meliores res politicas, quis erat odiosior hostis Romae?

 

quis erat pollutior in deliciis, quis patientior in laboribus?

 

quis plus sibi capiebat, quis plus suorum dabat?

 

certe iudices, illa admirabilia fuerunt in illo homine: tenebat multos cives amicitia, curabat amicitias devotione, communicabat quod habebat omnibus,

 

dabat et se omnibus, qui tempus difficile habebat, pecunia, gratia, labore corporis, et etiam audacia et crimine si necesse esset,

 

mutabat et ducebat suam naturam ad occasionem et flectebat se huc et illuc, vivebat severe cum tristibus, vivebat laete cum iis qui sine cura sint, vivebat graviter cum senibus, vivebat benigne cum adulescentibus, vivebat audaciter cum iis qui crimina fecisset, vivebat luxuriose libidinosis.

 

Written by Robert Amstutz

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