« Cic. Cat. 1.22 | Cic. Cat. 1.23 | Cic. Cat. 1.24 | About This Work »
23Wherefore, as I have said before, go forth, and if you wish to make me, your enemy as you call me, unpopular, go straight into banishment. I shall scarcely be able to endure all that will be said if you do so; I shall scarcely be able to support my load of unpopularity if you do go into banishment at the command of the consul; but if you wish to serve my credit and reputation, go forth with your ill-omened band of profligates; betake yourself to Manlius, rouse up the abandoned citizens, separate yourself from the good ones, wage war against your country, exult in your impious banditti, so that you may not seem to have been driven out by me and gone to strangers, but to have gone invited to your own friends.
« Cic. Cat. 1.22 | Cic. Cat. 1.23 | Cic. Cat. 1.24 | About This Work »