1There is the further point that the candidate himself cannot devote his whole mind and all his care, effort and diligence to his canvass. 1For there is added the thought of the prosecution, no small matter but surely the greatest of all. 1For it is a great thing to prepare the means by which you can drive a man out of the state, especially one who is neither poor nor weak, who is defended by himself, by his own people and indeed even by strangers. 1For we all rush together to ward off dangers, and those of us who are not open enemies render even to complete strangers, when their civil existence is at stake, the services and zeal of the closest friends.
46Therefore I, who have experienced the burdens of canvassing, of defending and of prosecuting, have come to understand that in canvassing the keenest zeal is needed, in defending a sense of duty, in prosecuting hard work. 46And so I conclude that it is in no way possible for the same man to prepare and equip carefully both a prosecution and a candidacy for the consulship. 46Few can sustain one, no one both. 46When you had turned aside from the course of your candidacy and transferred your mind to prosecuting, you thought you could do justice to both tasks. 46You were badly mistaken. 46For what day was there, after you entered upon that announcement of a prosecution, which you did not spend entirely on that business?