Quem sic timuimus ut haec fingeremus? quem sic amavimus ut haec fateremur? Nosti necessitatem servitutis: ecquando simile aliquid audisti, ecquando dixisti? Multa quidem excogitat metus, sed quae adpareant quaesita ab invitis.
Whom have we feared so as to conjure up these expressions, or loved so as to produce an avowal like this? You know the exigencies of servitude; have you ever heard or said the like? Fear may indeed be inventive, but the result is far-fetched and constrained.
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