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Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Hatred
Caelius, letter to Cicero, in Cicero, Letters to His Friends 8.14.2 (tr. W. Glynn Williams):
I hate the opposite cause, but not the men who support it.
causam illam, non homines odi.
non Orelli: unde codd.: amo Pluygers: amo unde Madvig: non item Wesenberg