Ut enim de universo senatu populus Romanus verissime iudicat nullis rei publicae temporibus hunc ordinem firmiorem aut fortiorem fuisse, sic de uno quoque nostrum et maxime qui hoc loco sententias dicimus sciscitantur omnes, avent audire quid quisque senserit, ita de quoque ut quemque meritum arbitrantur existimant.
Concerning the senate as a whole, the Roman people judge very truly that never in the history of the Republic has this body shown itself braver or more resolute. In the same way, everyone asks questions about each individual senator among us and especially about those who speak in the first rank.  They are eager to hear what opinion each of us has expressed, and they estimate each of us as they think he has deserved.
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