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Nor was this disaffected spirit confined to those who were actually concerned in the conspiracy; for the whole of the common people, from a desire of change, favored the projects of Catiline. This they seemed to do in accordance with their general character; for, in every state, they that are poor envy those of a better class, and endeavor to exalt the factious ;XXXVII. Endeavor to exalt the factious] Malos extollunt. They strive to elevate into office those who resemble themselves. they dislike the established condition of things, and long for something new; they are discontented with their own circumstances, and desire a general alteration; they can support themselves amid tumult and sedition, without anxiety, since poverty does not easily suffer loss.Poverty does not easily suffer loss] Egestas facilè habetur sine damno He that has nothing, has nothing to lose. Petron. Sat., c. 119: Inops audacia tuta est.