Par illius quoque Manlii gravitas, cui cum consulatus omnium consensu deferretur eumque sub excusatione adversae valitudinis oculorum recusaret, instantibus cunctis alium inquit, Quirites, quaerite ad quem hunc honorem transferatis: nam si me gerere eum coegeritis, nec ego mores vestros ferre nec vos meum imperium perpeti poteritis.
Equally impressive was another Manlius. When offered the Consulship by universal consent, he refused with the excuse that he was suffering from a disease of the eyes. As they all insisted, he said: Citizens, look for somebody else to whom you can transfer this office, for if you force me to undertake it, I shall not be able to put up with your ways nor you to endure my authority.
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