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On the Twelve Years (21-25)

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It is not the giving of the bribe that distresses us but the action of the man who takes it, if it is directed against our interests.

With these words he raises the firebrand of war and the enemy encamps at the gates.

He decided the war with bloodshed.

My purpose is not to get gold, as these men falsely allege; it is this.

. . . had suspicion as an ally.

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