# In C. Verrem 1.1.9

Cicero, In C. Verrem, Actio 1, Book 1. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/cicero/in-c-verrem/1.1.9

quodsi non modo in causa, verum in aliquo honesto praesidio aut in alicuius eloquentia aut gratia spem aliquam conlocasset, profecto non haec omnia colligeret atque aucuparetur; non usque eo despiceret contemneretque ordinem senatorium ut arbitratu eius deligeretur ex senatu qui reus fieret, qui, dum hic quae opus essent compararet, causam interea ante eum diceret.

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Cicero, In C. Verrem, ed. William Peterson. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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