De Bello Gallico: Page 21 Book 1.40.30-36
Ariovistum se consule cupidissime populi Romani amicitiam appetisse; cur hunc tam temere quisquam ab officio discessurum iudicaret? Sibi quidem persuaderi cognitis suis postulatis atque aequitate condicionum perspecta eum neque suam neque populi Romani gratiam repuiaturum. Quod si furore atque amentia impusus bellum intulisset, quid tandem verentur? Auty cur de sua virtute aut de ipsius diligentia desperarent?
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(He said that) Ariovistus himself most eagerly sought from the consul the frienship of the Roman People; why would anyone decide that he would recklessly depart from this office? It was persuaded to him (Caesar) at any rate that when his demands were known and when the fairness of the conditions were seen clearly, that he (Ariovistus) would neither reject his own (Caesar's) nor the goodwill of the Roman people. But even if he was to wage war driven by madness or insanity, what on earth is there to fear? Why do you lose hop in your own virtue or the diligence of he himself (Caesar)?
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