In Catilinam 3.11

3.26Quibus prō tantīs rēbus, Quirītēs, nūllum ego ā vōbīs praemium virtūtis, nūllum īnsigne honōris, nūllum monumentum laudis postulābō praeterquam huius diēī memoriam sempiternam.

For such great services, citizens, I shall ask of you no reward for merit, no badge of honour, no monument of praise, except the undying memory of this day.

Note. Quibus prō tantīs rēbus: connecting relative, 'in return for these great services'. praeterquam: 'except'.

3.26In animīs ego vestrīs omnīs triumphōs meōs, omnia ōrnāmenta honōris, monumenta glōriae, laudis īnsignia condī et conlocārī volō.

In your hearts I want all my triumphs, all the trappings of honour, the monuments of glory and the badges of praise to be laid up and placed.

Note. triumphōs: a triumph was the great procession of a victorious general; Cicero asks for his to be kept in the people's memory instead. condī: present passive infinitive of condō, 'to be stored away'.

3.26Nihil mē mūtum potest dēlectāre, nihil tacitum, nihil dēnique eius modī quod etiam minus dignī adsequī possint.

Nothing mute can please me, nothing silent, nothing in short of the kind that even less worthy men can obtain.

Note. Nihil mūtum … nihil tacitum: statues and inscriptions, which cannot speak; Cicero wants a living fame. quod … possint: relative clause of characteristic.

3.26Memoriā vestrā, Quirītēs, nostrae rēs alentur, sermōnibus crēscent, litterārum monumentīs inveterāscent et conrōborābuntur;

By your memory, citizens, my deeds will be nourished, grow in your talk, and become old and firm in the records of literature;

Note. The future tenses build to a climax: alentur, crēscent, inveterāscent, conrōborābuntur.

3.26eandemque diem intellegō, quam spērō aeternam fore, prōpāgātam esse et ad salūtem urbis et ad memoriam cōnsulātūs meī, ūnōque tempore in hāc rē pūblicā duōs cīvīs exstitisse quōrum alter fīnīs vestrī imperī nōn terrae sed caelī regiōnibus termināret, alter huius imperī domicilium sēdīsque servāret.

and I understand that this same day, which I hope will be everlasting, has been extended both for the safety of the city and for the memory of my consulship, and that at one time two citizens have arisen in this state, one of whom was setting the bounds of your empire not at the regions of the earth but of the sky, the other preserving the home and seat of this same empire.

Note. The two citizens are Pompey, then campaigning in the East, and Cicero himself. Cicero liked to present himself as Pompey's equal at home. fīnīs … caelī regiōnibus termināret: an exaggeration, 'was bounding your empire by the regions of the sky'.