Quae si etiam meritis conquisita sit, quid tamen sapientis adiecerit  conscientiae qui bonum suum non populari rumore, sed conscientiae veritate metitur?
Even if such praises are won by deserts, what will they have added to the self-knowledge of a wise man who measures his own good not by gossip of the populace but by the truth of that self-knowledge?
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