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Quotation from The Conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar

“Cicero himself, though he was in very weak health, did not leave himself the night-time for repose, so that he was forced to spare himself by the spontaneous movement and entreaties of the soldiers”

Julius Caesar (spoken by Caesar (narrator))

The Conquest of Gaul, Book V.40, trans. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn (1869)

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During the siege of his winter camp, Quintus Cicero works through the night despite illness until his own men make him rest.

Citation: "Cicero himself, though he was in very weak health, did not leave himself the night-time for repose, so that he was forced to spare himself by the spontaneous movement and entreaties of the soldiers" — Julius Caesar, The Conquest of Gaul, Book V.40, trans. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn (1869). (id the-conquest-of-gaul-q4)

Portrait: Retrato de Julio César (26724093101) (cropped), Ángel M. Felicísimo from Mérida, España, Public domain.

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