Sed quoniam parum tuta per se ipsa probitas est neque mihi in manu fuit Iugurtha qualis foret, ad vos confugi, patres conscripti, quibus, quod mihi miserrumum est, cogor prius oneri quam usui esse.
But since integrity affords too little protection on its own, and since it was not in my power to mold the character of Jugurtha, I have fled to you, Members of the Senate, to whom (and this is the greatest part of my wretchedness) I am compelled to be a burden before being an aid.
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