ceterum uti militare nomen, grave inter otiosos, aliis virtutibus temperaret, tranquillitatem atque otium penitus hausit, cultu modicus, sermone facilis, uno aut altero amicorum comitatus, adeo ut plerique, quibus magnos viros per ambitionem aestimare mos est, viso aspectoque Agricola quaererent famam, pauci interpretarentur.
With the greeting of a hasty kiss, and without conversation, he slipped away into the obsequious mob. For the rest, in order that he might mitigate by other qualities the offence'to civilians-'of a soldiers fame, he drank the cup of peace and idleness to the dregs: his dress was unassuming, he was willing to talk, one or two friends only attended him; so that the world, whose custom it is to judge great men by their parade, after seeing and watching Agricola, asked how he could have won such a reputation and few men understood it.
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