nam, si ceteris nobilium studiorum artibus repudiatis sola te propagandae rei familiaris urtica sollicitat, licet tu deductum nomen a trabeis atque eboratas curules et gestatorias bratteatas et fastos recolas purpurissatos, is profecto inveniere, quem debeat sic industrium quod latentem non tam honorare censor quam censetor onerare.
If you reject all other forms of accomplishments that noblemen should cultivate, and if the sting to extend your property is the only emotion that stirs you, then you may look back on a name derived from consular robes, you may recall a series of curule seats and gilded travelling-chairs and purple mantles all recorded in the annals of the State, but nevertheless you will prove to be that obscure hardworking type who has less claim to be praised by the censor than to be preyed on by the tax-assessor.
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