Pro dii immortales, quod huius voluntatis erga Brutum suae postea vir tam mitis pretium tulit! Nihil in illa victoria mirabilius, magnificentius, clarius fuit, quam quod neminem nisi acie consumptum civem patria desideravit: sed munus misericordiae corrupit pertinacia, cum libentius vitam victor iam daret, quam victi acciperent.
Ye immortal gods! What a reward did this merciful man afterwards receive for his kindness to Brutus! There is nothing more marvellous about that victory, nothing more magnificent, nothing more glorious, than that our country did not mourn the loss of any citizen save those who had fallen in battle. But his offer of clemency was set at nought by the stubbornness of his opponents, since the victor was more ready to grant life than the vanquished to accept it.
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