Ullamne tibi pro beneficiis referre gratiam parem possumus? nisi tamen illam, ut semper nos meminerimus consules fuisse et consules tuos; ea sentiamus, ea censeamus quae consularibus digna sunt; ita versemur in re publica ut credamus esse rem publicam; non consilium nostrum, non operam subtrahamus, nec defunctos nos et quasi dimissos consulatu.
Is there any proper return we can make you, to match all you have done for us? Only perhaps by remembering all our lives that we have been consuls, your consuls: by ensuring that our opinions and pronouncements are worthy of the office we once held: by playing an active part in public affairs to show we believe that the republic still exists: by not withholding our aid and counsel, and by not imagining ourselves rid of the consulate and dismissed from office,
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