But he is the despicable tool of a despicable party." "Your language, Caius, convinces me that the reports which have been circulated are not without foundation.

I will venture to prophesy that within a few months the republic will pass through a whole Odyssey of strange adventures." "I believe so; an Odyssey, of which Pompey will be the Polyphemus, and Cicero the Siren.

I would have the state imitate Ulysses: show no mercy to the former; but contrive, if it can be done, to listen to the enchanting voice of the other, without being seduced by it to destruction." "But whom can your party produce as rivals to these two famous leaders ?" "Time will show.

I would hope that there may arise a man, whose genius to conquer, to conciliate, and to govern, may unite in one cause an oppressed and divided people;--may do all that Sylla should have done, and exhibit the magnificent spectacle of a great nation directed by a great mind." "And where is such a man to be found ?" "Perhaps where you would least expect to find him.

Perhaps he may be one whose powers have hitherto been concealed in domestic or literary retirement.