cum amici cuiusdam iniustae rogationi resisteret atque is per summam indignationem dixisset quid ergo mihi opus est amicitia tua, si quod rogo non facis? respondit immo quid mihi tua, si propter te aliquid inhoneste facturus sum? huic voci consentanea illa opera, quod magis ordinum dissensione quam ulla culpa sua reus factus nec obsoletam vestem induit, nec insignia senatoris deposuit, nec supplices ad genua iudicum manus tetendit, nec dixit quicquam splendore praeteritorum annorum humilius, effecitque ut periculum non impedimentum gravitatis eius esset, sed experimentum.
When he resisted an improper request by a  friend, the man flew into a violent rage and said, What good is your friendship to me then if you dont do as I ask? Rutilius replied: On the contrary, what good is yours to me if I am to do something dishonourable on your account? His actions were consistent with that speech. Brought to trial through the strife of classes rather than any fault of his own, he did not put on shabby clothes or lay aside the emblems of senatorial rank or stretch hands in supplication to the knees of the jury or say anything below the lustre of his past years. He made his peril not a hindrance to his gravity but a test of it.
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