qui Catilinae furore ita consternata re publica ut ne a locupletibus quidem debitae pecuniae propter tumultum, pretiis possessionum deminutis, solvi creditoribus possent, cum centies atque quinquagies sestertii summam in faenore haberet, neque de sorte quemquam debitorum suorum neque de usura appellari a suis passus est, quantumque in ipso fuit, amaritudinem publicae confusionis privata tranquillitate mitigavit, opportune mirificeque testatus se nummorum suorum, non civilis sanguinis esse faeneratorem: nam qui nunc praecipue negotiatione delectantur cum pecuniam domum cruentam rettulerunt, quam improbando gaudio exsultent cognoscent, si diligenter senatus consultum quo Considio gratiae actae sunt legere non fastidierint.
When the commonwealth was thrown into shock by Catilines madness, so that even the rich could not pay their creditors the money they owed because property values had sunk in the upheaval, he would not let his agents call upon any of his debtors (he had fifteen million sesterces out on loan) either for principal or interest. So far as in him lay, he softened the bitterness of public turmoil by his private composure, in opportune and amazing attestation that he lent out his own money, not his countrymens blood. Persons who nowadays chiefly delight in their business dealings when they bring bloodstained money home will see how reprehensible is the joy for which they leap if they do not disdain to give a careful reading to the senatorial decree thanking Considius.
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