[60] 'When I begat them, I knew that they must die, and to that end I bred them. Besides, when I sent them to Troy to fight for Greece, I was well aware that I was sending them, not to a feast, but to a deadly war.'
[61] 'Such is my nature. Enmity and friendship equally I bear stamped on my forehead.'
[62] 'Ennio delector, ait quispiam, quod non discedit a communi ordine verborum.'—Orator, 11.
[63] Cicero, Brutus, 15; Aulus Gellius, xii. 2.
[64] 'He was called by those, his fellow-countrymen, who flourished then and enjoyed their day, the chosen flower of the people, and the marrow of persuasion.'
[65] Compare his account of the Tribune in the Istrian war:—
'Undique conveniunt velut imber, tela tribuno,' etc.
[66] Cf. 'Unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem,' etc.
[67] Cf.
'Ita sapere opino esse optimum, ut pro viribus