If the book provokes salutary criticism, so much the better. […] Servilius with better fortune for four years in Cilicia. […] They might have known better Cato’s stubborn refusal to agree to the land bill for Pompeius’ veterans only led to worse evils and a subverting of the constitution. […] The cause of Pompeius had become the better cause. […] Octavianus had more skill, fewer scruples and better fortune than the Liberators.