Cael. 5.1Tot igitur annōs versātus in forō sine suspīciōne, sine īnfāmiā, studuit Catilīnae iterum petentī.So, having spent so many years in the forum without suspicion, without disgrace, he supported Catiline when he stood a second time. Cael. 5.1Quem ergō ad fīnem putās custōdiendam illam aetātem fuisse?Until what point, then, do you think that age should have been guarded? Cael. 5.1Nōbīs quidem ōlim annus erat ūnus ad cohibendum bracchium togā cōnstitūtus, et ut exercitātiōne lūdōque campestrī tunicātī ūterēmur, eademque erat, sī statim merēre stīpendia coeperāmus, castrēnsis ratiō ac mīlitāris.In our day, indeed, one year was laid down for keeping the arm inside the toga, and for taking our exercise and sport on the Campus in tunics, and the same rule held in camp and military life, if we had begun to serve at once. Cael. 5.1Quā in aetāte nisi quī sē ipse suā gravitāte et castimōniā et cum disciplīnā domesticā tum etiam nātūrālī quōdam bonō dēfenderet, quōquō modō ā suīs custōdītus esset, tamen īnfāmiam vēram effugere nōn poterat.At that age, unless a man protected himself by his own seriousness and purity, and by his training at home as well as by some natural goodness, however he was guarded by his family, he could not escape a disgrace that was deserved.
Cael. 5.1Sed quī prīma illa initia aetātis integra atque inviolāta praestitisset, dē eius fāmā ac pudīcitiā, cum iam sēsē conrōborāvisset ac vir inter virōs esset, nēmō loquēbātur.But if a man had kept those first beginnings of his life pure and unblemished, no one spoke about his reputation and chastity once he had grown strong and was a man among men. Cael. 5.12At studuit Catilīnae, cum iam aliquot annōs esset in forō, Caelius.But, you say, Caelius supported Catiline when he had already been some years in the forum. Cael. 5.12Et multī hoc idem ex omnī ōrdine atque ex omnī aetāte fēcērunt.And many from every rank and of every age did the very same. Cael. 5.12Habuit enim ille, sīcutī meminisse vōs arbitror, permulta maximārum nōn expressa signa sed adumbrāta virtūtum.For that man had, as I think you remember, a great many signs of the greatest virtues, not fully formed but sketched in outline. Cael. 5.12Vtēbātur hominibus improbīs multīs;He made use of many wicked men; Cael. 5.12et quidem optimīs sē virīs dēditum esse simulābat.and yet he pretended to be devoted to the best of men. Cael. 5.12Erant apud illum inlecebrae libīdinum multae;There were in him many enticements to lust; Cael. 5.12erant etiam industriae quīdam stimulī ac labōris.there were also certain spurs to industry and toil.
Cael. 5.12Flagrābant vitia libīdinis apud illum;The vices of lust blazed in him; Cael. 5.12vigēbant etiam studia reī mīlitāris.but zeal for military affairs also flourished. Cael. 5.12Neque ego umquam fuisse tāle mōnstrum in terrīs ūllum putō, tam ex contrāriīs dīversīsque atque inter sē pugnantibus nātūrae studiīs cupiditātibusque cōnflātum.Nor do I think there was ever such a monster on earth, so fused together from contrary, opposed and mutually warring passions and desires of nature.