Quae etsi possunt ab his futiliter blaterata ob mercedem et auctoramento impudentiae depensa haberi, iam concesso quodam more rabulis id genus, quo ferinae solent linguae suae virus alieno dolori locare, tamen vel mea causa paucis refellenda sunt, ne is, qui sedulo laboro ut ne quid maculae aut inhonestamenti in me admittam, videar cuipiam, si quid ex frivolis praeteriero, id agnovisse potius quam contempsisse.
One might consider everything of that sort the foolish prattle of hirelings, payments that they make after contracting to act shamelessly, since it is the accepted way of ranters of the kind to hire out their savage tongues venom to inflict pain on others. And yet I must briefly rebut them, even if only on my own account, since I am extremely careful not to be touched by any stain or disgrace, and I do not want anyone to think, if I ignored one of these trivial charges, that I do so because I acknowledge it when in fact I despise it. For it is the mark of an honorable and self-respecting mind, in my opinion, to object even to false censure.
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