itaque veteris comoediae maledica lingua, quamvis potentiam viri perstringere cupiebat, tamen in labris omni melle dulciorem leporem fatebatur habitare, inque animis eorum qui illum audierant quasi aculeos quosdam relinqui praedicabat.
So the railing tongue of Old Comedy, though eager to take shots at the great mans power, yet confessed that charm sweeter than any honey dwelt on his lips and declared that it was as though stings were left in the minds of those who heard him.
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