Bellica haec praesentia animi, togata illa, sed non minus laudabilis, quam P. Furius Philus consul in senatu exhibuit: Q. enim Metellum Quintumque Pompeium consulares viros, vehementes inimicos suos, cupidam sibi profectionem in provinciam Hispaniam, quam sortitus erat, identidem exprobrantes, legatos secum illuc ire coegit: fiduciam non solum fortem sed paene etiam temerariam, quae duobus acerrimis odiis latera sua cingere ausa est, usumque ministerii uix tutum in amicis e sinu inimicorum petere sustinuit!
That was ready courage in war, this in peace, but no less praiseworthy, exhibited in the senate by Consul P. Furius Philus. When Q. Metellus and Q. Pompeius, men of consular rank and his bitter enemies, kept taxing him with greedy eagerness to set out for Spain, his allotted province, he obliged them to go with him as his Legates. Confidence not only brave but well-nigh rash, that dared to gird his flanks with two violent animosities and actually sought from the midst of enemies the use of a service not without risk even among friends!
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