Note 327 — Chapter VIII · EARLY ROMAN SATIRE—C. LUCILIUS, DIED 102 B.C.

'But now from morning till night, on holiday and work-day, the whole day alike, common people and senators are bustling about within the Forum, never quitting it—all devoting themselves to the same practice and trick of wary word-fencing, fighting craftily, vying with each other in politeness, assuming airs of virtue, plotting against each other as if all were enemies.'