Castrensis disciplinae tenacissimum vinculum et militaris rationis diligens observatio admonet me ut ad censuram, pacis magistram custodemque, transgrediar: nam ut opes populi Romani in tantum amplitudinis imperatorum virtutibus excesserunt, ita probitas et continentia censorio supercilio examinata <valida> est, opus effectu par bellicis laudibus: quid enim prodest foris esse strenuum, si domi male vivitur? expugnentur licet urbes, corripiantur gentes, regnis manus iniciantur, nisi foro et curiae officium ac verecundia sua constiterit, partarum rerum caelo cumulus aequatus sedem stabilem non habebit.
The binding link of camp discipline and the careful observance of the military system admonish me to press on to the Censorship, mistress and guardian of peace. For as the resources of the Roman people have risen to so high a level through the high qualities of its generals, so uprightness and self-restraint flourish when scrutinized by the Censors frown, an achievement equal in effect to the glories of war. For what use is good work abroad if life at home is lived amiss? Cities may be stormed, nations snatched up, hands laid on kingdoms, but unless duty and modesty be fittingly established in Forum and senate house, the skyscraping mass of acquisitions will have no firm foundation.
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