se enim patrimonii quam patriam fidei inopem esse maluit, eo quidem maiore cum commendatione quod proni studii certius indicium est supra vires niti quam viribus ex facili uti: alter enim quod potest praestat, alter plus etiam quam potest.
He preferred that he himself should forfeit his patrimony rather than his country her credit; all the more laudably because striving beyond ones strength is a surer sign of willing engagement than using it with ease. The one gives what he can, the other even more than he can.
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