Fabius vero Maximus, cum a se quinquies et a patre avo proavo maioribusque suis saepenumero consulatum gestum animadverteret, comitiis, quibus filius eius summo consensu consul creabatur, quam potuit constanter cum populo egit ut aliquando vacationem huius honoris Fabiae genti daret, non quod virtutibus filii diffideret'erat enim illuster', sed ne maximum imperium in una familia continuaretur.
Fabius Maximus, observing that the Consulship had been held five times by himself and often by his father, his grandfather, his great-grandfather, and his ancestors, at elections in which his son was by way of being chosen Consul by a full consensus, did his resolute best to persuade the people to give the Fabian clan a holiday from this office at long last; not that he lacked confidence in his sons fine qualities (for he was a man of distinction) but so that the highest authority should not be continuous in one family.
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