Nihil pro te pateris optari, nisi expediat optantibus, omnibusque annis in consilium de te deos mittis, exigisque ut sententiam suam mutent, si talis esse desieris qualis electus es; sed ingenti conscientia, Caesar, quasi pacisceris cum dis, ut te si mereberis servent, cum scias an merearis neminem magis quam deos scire.
You permit no prayers on your behalf unless they benefit their authors, and every year you set the gods to reconsider you, insisting that they must revise their opinion if you have changed since the time of your election. But you act with full knowledge, Caesar, in your pact with the gods to preserve you if you deserve it; you are well aware that no one can judge this better than the gods themselves.
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