porro autem desidiae vicinior putabatur contemptus ille militiae, ad quam iactitant lividi bonarum partium viros non posse potius quam nolle conscendere.
And further, your contempt for the public service was looked upon as being rather akin to indolence, for our jealous detractors are fond of saying that men of the sound party lack the strength rather than the desire to reach these posts.
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