Qui si reputaverint et quibus ego temporibus magistratus adeptus sim, [et] quales viri idem adsequi nequiverint, et postea quae genera hominum in senatum pervenerint, profecto existumabunt me magis merito quam ignavia iudicium animi mei mutavisse maiusque commodum ex otio meo quam ex aliorum negotiis rei publicae venturum.
But if such men will recall in what times I gained public office, what sort of men were unable to attain the same honor, and what kinds of men have since come into the senate, they will surely believe that it is from justifiable motives, rather than from indolence, that I have changed my opinion, and that greater profit will accrue to our country from my inactivity than from activities of others.
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