his ego pro meritis quae praemia digna rependam, non habeo: membra statuis effingere vile est; virtutem nil vile decet; nam vile, quod aetas eripit: aera cadunt aut fulvum defluit aurum aut candor perit argenti si defuit usus, et fuscata situ corrumpit vena colorem.
In recompense for these services I know not how to make fitting return. To represent thy person in statues would be paltry (and nothing paltry is beseeming to merit), for that which time steals is paltry. Bronzes fall down, yellow gold passes away, silver loses its sheen for want of use, and the metal is blackened by neglect and its colour spoiled.
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