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non_fw-la dubitabam_fw-la ad_fw-la excitandum_fw-la te_fw-la si_fw-la prius_fw-la ipse_fw-la consurrexissem_fw-la seneca_n ad_fw-la helviam_fw-la helviam_fw-la at_o filium_fw-la &_o unicum_fw-la q._n fabius_n praeterea_fw-la consularem_fw-la qui_fw-la jam_fw-la magnas_fw-la res_fw-la gesserat_fw-la &_o majores_fw-la cogitabat_fw-la amisit_fw-la neque_fw-la solum_fw-la non_fw-la doluit_fw-la quod_fw-la fortissimus_fw-la animus_n fuit_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la mortuo_fw-la laudationem_fw-la in_o foro_fw-la dixit_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n non_fw-la enim_fw-la vereor_fw-la quin_fw-la si_fw-la minus_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la doloris_fw-la aestu_fw-la remediis_fw-la utendum_fw-la homines_fw-la censeant_fw-la certè_fw-la cum_fw-la modicè_fw-la dolour_n resederit_fw-la ac_fw-la se_fw-la paulùm_fw-la quasi_fw-la remittere_fw-la coeperit_fw-la ad_fw-la exstinguendas_fw-la doloris_fw-la reliquias_fw-la monita_fw-la praeceptaque_fw-la nostra_fw-la adhibeantur_fw-la cicero_n de_fw-fr consolation_n dolori_fw-la tuo_fw-la dum_fw-la recens_fw-la saeviret_fw-la sciebam_fw-la occurrendum_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la ne_fw-la illum_fw-la ipsa_fw-la solatia_fw-la irritarent_fw-la &_o accenderent_fw-la no_o in_o morbis_fw-la quoque_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la magis_fw-la periculosum_fw-la nec_fw-la perniciosum_fw-la quam_fw-la immatura_fw-la medicina_fw-la seneca_n ad_fw-la helviam_fw-la helviam_fw-la ita_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la nos_fw-la suspiciamus_fw-la tanquam_fw-la inter_fw-la nostra_fw-la positi_fw-la mutuo_fw-la accepimus_fw-la usus_fw-la fructus_fw-la noster_fw-la est_fw-la cujus_fw-la tempus_fw-la ille_fw-la arbyter_n muneris_fw-la svi_fw-la temperate_a nos_fw-la oportet_fw-la in_o promptu_fw-la habere_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o incertum_fw-la diem_fw-la data_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o appellatos_fw-la sine_fw-la querela_fw-la reddere_fw-la pessimi_fw-la est_fw-la debitoris_fw-la creditoris_fw-la facere_fw-la convitium_fw-la omnes_fw-la ergo_fw-la nostros_fw-la &_o quos_fw-la superstites_fw-la lege_fw-la nascendi_fw-la optamus_fw-la &_o quos_fw-la praecedere_fw-la justissimum_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la votum_fw-la est_fw-la sic_fw-la amare_fw-la debemus_fw-la tanquam_fw-la nihil_fw-la nobis_fw-la de_fw-la perpetuitate_fw-la immo_fw-la nihil_fw-la de_fw-la diuturnitate_fw-la eorum_fw-la promissum_fw-la est_fw-la sen._n cap._n x._o ad_fw-la man._n
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