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Cleopatra
Complete

CHAPTER III
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"The honest toil by which a citizen earns a livelihood is a disgrace in his eyes." "Honest toil, my good friend," replied Dion, "is scarcely in question here.

I spoke only of your tongue .-- You understand me, fellow-citizens.
Or, if any of you are not yet acquainted with this worthy man, I will show him to you, for I know him well.

He is my foe, yet I can sincerely recommend him to many of you.

If any one has a very bad, shamefully corrupt cause to bring before the courts, I most earnestly counsel him to apply to the buttercup man perched on yonder fountain.

He will thank me for it.


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