Sed illi quidem officio functi sunt, ut ceteros quoque magistratus sua munia implere velim; mihi autem neque honestum silere neque proloqui expeditum, quia non aedilis aut praetoris aut consulis partis sustineo.
Still, they have done their duty'and I could wish to see every other magistrate as thorough in the discharge of his office. But for myself it is neither honourable to be silent nor easy to be out-spoken, because it is not the part of aedile or praetor or consul that I act.
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