Section 45 Flashcards
Audistis, cum pro se diceret, audistis antea, cum accusaret - defendendi haec causa, non gloriandi eloquor
You heard [Caelius] when he was speaking on his own behalf, you heard him previously when he was prosecuting - I state these things for the sake of defending him, not of boasting
- genus orationis, facultatem, copiam sententiarum atque verborum, quae vestra prudentia est, perspexistis;
You have seen clearly the style of his speech, his skill, his abundance of legal opinions and words, such is your wisdom;
atque in eo non solum ingenium elucere eius videbatis, quod saepe, etiamsi industria non alitur, valet tamen ipsum suis viribus,
moreover you saw in it that not only his talent shone out, which often, even if it is not nourished by hard work, however it [natural talent] is powerful because of its own inherent strength,
sed in eo inerat, nisi me propter benevolentiam forte fallebat, ratio et bonis artibus instituta et cura et vigiliis elaborata.
but, unless by chance it escaped my notice because of my good will, it contained mathod, which was both furnished with noble arts and brought to perfection by diligence and sleepless nights.
Atqui scitote, iudices, eas cupiditates quae obiciuntur Caelio, atque haec studia, de quibus disputo non facile in eodem homine esse posse.
But know, judges, that those desires which are being put in the path of Caelius, and these pursuits, about which I am discussing, cannot easily exist in the same man.
Fieri enim non potest, ut animus libidini deditus, amore, desiderio, cupiditate, saepe nimia copia, inopia etiam nonnumquam impeditus,
For it is impossible that a mind devoted to lust, hindered by love, desire, passion, often by excessive wealth, sometimes even by poverty,
hoc, quicquid est, quod nos facimus in dicendo quoquo modo facimus non modo agendo, verum etiam cogitando possit sustinere.
can sustain this, whatever it is that we do in speaking, in whatever way we do it, not only in pleading [a case], but even truly in thinking / in the planning.
