Why should I go through specific examples? Just know this: when you see the Forum packed with crowds, the voting grounds swarming with people, or the great Circus where most of the population gathers at once, there are as many vices as there are people. Among those you see dressed in peaceful clothes, there is no peace. For a tiny profit, any one of them will try to destroy another. No one can gain anything without someone else losing.
Why need I dwell upon individual cases? Be assured, when you see the Forum crowded with a multitude, the Saepta[4] swarming with people, or the great Circus, in which the greater part of the people find room to show themselves at once, that among them there are as many vices as there are men. Among those whom you see in the garb of peace there is no peace: for a small profit any one of them will attempt the ruin of another: no one can gain anything save by another’s loss.