An parum saepe experti sumus hanc esse rerum condicionem, ut senatus favor apud principem aut prosit aut noceat? Nonne paulo ante nihil magis exitiale erat quam illa principis cogitatio: hunc senatus probat, hic senatui carus est? Oderat quos nos amaremus, sed et nos quos ille.
Has not past experience shown us all too often a situation where the Senates approval can make or mar a man in the Emperors eyes? It is only a short time since nothing was so fatal as for him to think that this one or another had the Senates affection and support. He hated everyone we loved'but we felt the same about his favourites.
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