Man. 14.1Age vērō, cēterīs in rēbus quae sit temperantia cōnsīderāte.Come now, consider what his self-control is in other matters. Man. 14.1Vnde illam tantam celeritātem et tam incrēdibilem cursum inventum putātis?Where do you think that great speed and that incredible pace of his came from? Man. 14.1Nōn enim illum eximia vīs rēmigum aut ars inaudīta quaedam gubernandī aut ventī aliquī novī tam celeriter in ultimās terrās pertulērunt, sed eae rēs quae cēterōs remorārī solent nōn retardārunt.For it was not any exceptional strength of rowers, or some unheard-of skill in steering, or some new winds that carried him so swiftly to the furthest lands, but the things which usually delay other men did not hold him back. Man. 14.1Nōn avāritia ab īnstitūtō cursū ad praedam aliquam dēvocāvit, nōn libīdō ad voluptātem, nōn amoenitās ad dēlectātiōnem, nōn nōbilitās urbis ad cognitiōnem, nōn dēnique labor ipse ad quiētem;Greed did not call him away from his set course to some plunder, nor lust to pleasure, nor a pleasant spot to enjoyment, nor the fame of a city to sightseeing, nor, finally, toil itself to rest; Man. 14.1postrēmō signa et tabulās cēteraque ōrnāmenta Graecōrum oppidōrum quae cēterī tollenda esse arbitrantur, ea sibi ille nē vīsenda quidem exīstimāvit.lastly, the statues and paintings and other adornments of Greek towns, which others think they should carry off, he did not think he should even go to see.
Man. 14.41Itaque omnēs nunc in eīs locīs Cn. Pompeium sīcut aliquem nōn ex hāc urbe missum sed dē caelō dēlapsum intuentur;And so everyone in those regions now looks on Gnaeus Pompey as someone not sent from this city but come down from heaven; Man. 14.41nunc dēnique incipiunt crēdere fuisse hominēs Rōmānōs hāc quondam continentiā, quod iam nātiōnibus exterīs incrēdibile ac falsō memoriae prōditum vidēbātur;now at last they begin to believe that there were once Romans of such restraint, a thing which by now seemed to foreign nations incredible and falsely handed down to memory; Man. 14.41nunc imperī vestrī splendor illīs gentibus lūcem adferre coepit;now the splendour of your empire has begun to bring light to those peoples; Man. 14.41nunc intellegunt nōn sine causā maiōrēs suōs tum cum eā temperantiā magistrātūs habēbāmus servīre populō Rōmānō quam imperāre aliīs māluisse.now they understand that it was not without reason that their ancestors, at the time when we had magistrates of such self-control, preferred to be subject to the Roman people rather than to rule over others. Man. 14.41Iam vērō ita facilēs aditūs ad eum prīvātōrum, ita līberae querimōniae dē aliōrum iniūriīs esse dīcuntur, ut is quī dignitāte prīncipibus excellit facilitāte īnfimīs pār esse videātur.Moreover, private individuals are said to have such easy access to him, and to be so free to complain of wrongs done by others, that he who surpasses the leading men in rank seems to be the equal of the lowest in approachability.
Man. 14.42Iam quantum cōnsiliō, quantum dīcendī gravitāte et cōpiā valeat, in quō ipsō īnest quaedam dignitās imperātōria, vōs, Quirītēs, hōc ipsō ex locō saepe cognōstis.Then how strong he is in counsel, and in weight and fluency of speech — in which there is itself a certain dignity befitting a commander — you, citizens, have often learned in this very place. Man. 14.42Fidem vērō eius quantam inter sociōs exīstimārī putātis quam hostēs omnēs omnium generum sānctissimam iūdicārint?And his good faith: how highly do you think it is esteemed among the allies, when all enemies of every kind have judged it most sacred? Man. 14.42Hūmānitāte iam tantā est ut difficile dictū sit utrum hostēs magis virtūtem eius pugnantēs timuerint an mānsuētūdinem victī dīlēxerint.His humanity, again, is so great that it is hard to say whether enemies feared his courage more when they fought him, or loved his clemency more when they were conquered. Man. 14.42Et quisquam dubitābit quīn huic hoc tantum bellum permittendum sit quī ad omnia nostrae memoriae bella cōnficienda dīvīnō quōdam cōnsiliō nātus esse videātur?And will anyone doubt that this great war should be entrusted to him, who seems to have been born by some divine plan to finish all the wars of our time?