Id factum alii inopia bonorum, alii per ambitionem consulis memorabant, quod ab eo genere celebratus auctusque erat, et homini potentiam quaerenti egentissumus quisque opportunissumus, quoi neque sua cara, quippe quae nulla sunt, et omnia cum pretio honesta videntur.
Some say that he did this because of a dearth of qualified recruits, others out of a desire to curry favor, because that class had given him honor and advancement; and to a man aspiring to power, the most serviceable is the poorest man who has no regard for his own possessions, having none, and considers anything accompanied by remuneration honorable.
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