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Cicero

Philippics Passage 6

Passage 289 of 544

Canonical reference 7.6

Latin

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quamquam nos ab ineunte illius aetate usus, consuetudo, studiorum etiam honestissimorum societas similitudoque devinxit , eiusdemque cura incredibilis in asperrimis belli civilis periculis perspecta docuit non modo salutis sed etiam dignitatis meae fuisse fautorem , tamen eundem, ut dixi, nisi talis consul esset, negare esse consulem auderem: idem non modo consulem esse dico sed memoria mea praestantissimum atque optimum consulem, non quin pari virtute et voluntate alii fuerint, sed tantam causam non habuerunt in qua et voluntatem suam et virtutem declararent.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

Although from his earliest years experience, association, and a shared devotion to the most honorable studies bound us together, and although his incredible solicitude amid the harshest dangers of the civil war proved that he supported not only my safety but also my dignity, nevertheless, as I said, if he were not such a consul, I would dare deny that he was consul. As it is, I say not only that he is consul but that within my memory he is the most outstanding and excellent of consuls. This is not because others have lacked equal courage and goodwill, but because they did not have so great a cause in which to manifest both their goodwill and their courage.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

Bien que, dès sa jeunesse, nos relations, notre familiarité, la communauté et la ressemblance de nos études les plus honorables nous aient étroitement unis, et bien que son incroyable sollicitude, reconnue dans les plus terribles périls de la guerre civile, m'ait appris qu'il défendait non seulement ma vie, mais encore ma dignité, j'oserais pourtant, comme je l'ai dit, nier qu'il fût consul s'il ne l'était de cette manière. Or je dis non seulement qu'il est consul, mais qu'il est, de mémoire d'homme, le plus éminent et le meilleur des consuls. Non que d'autres aient manqué d'un égal courage et d'une égale volonté, mais ils n'eurent pas une cause assez grande pour y manifester leur volonté et leur valeur.

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