Mil. 34.1Sed iam satis multa dē causā, extrā causam etiam nimis fortasse multa.But I have now said enough about the case, and outside the case perhaps even too much. Mil. 34.1Quid restat nisi ut ōrem obtesterque vōs, iūdicēs, ut eam misericordiam tribuātis fortissimō virō quam ipse nōn implōrat, ego etiam repugnante hōc et implōrō et exposcō?What remains except for me to beg and implore you, judges, to grant to this bravest of men the pity which he himself does not implore, but which I, even against his will, both implore and demand? Mil. 34.1Nōlīte, sī in nostrō omnium flētū nūllam lacrimam aspēxistis Milōnis, sī voltum semper eundem, sī vōcem, sī ōrātiōnem stabilem ac nōn mūtātam vidētis, hōc minus eī parcere: haud sciō an multō etiam sit adiuvandus magis.Do not, if amid the weeping of all of us you have seen not a tear of Milo's, if you see his face always the same, his voice and his speech steady and unchanged, spare him any the less on that account: I rather think he deserves to be helped all the more. Mil. 34.1Etenim sī in gladiātōriīs pugnīs et in īnfimī generis hominum condiciōne atque fortūnā timidōs et supplicēs et ut vīvere liceat obsecrantīs etiam ōdisse solēmus, fortīs et animōsōs et sē ācriter ipsōs mortī offerentīs servārī cupimus, eōrumque nōs magis miseret quī nostram misericordiam nōn requīrunt quam quī illam efflāgitant, quantō hoc magis in fortissimīs cīvibus facere dēbēmus!For if in gladiatorial fights, and in the condition and fortune of men of the lowest kind, we are accustomed even to hate the timid and suppliant who beg to be allowed to live, but wish the brave and spirited who eagerly offer themselves to death to be saved, and we pity more those who do not seek our pity than those who demand it, how much more ought we to do this in the case of the bravest citizens!
Mil. 34.93Mē quidem, iūdicēs, exanimant et interimunt hae vōcēs Milōnis quās audiō adsiduē et quibus intersum cōtīdiē.As for me, judges, I am stricken and slain by these words of Milo, which I hear constantly and in whose company I am every day. Mil. 34.93"Valeant," inquit "valeant cīvēs meī;'Farewell,' he says, 'farewell, my fellow citizens; Mil. 34.93sint incolumēs, sint flōrentēs, sint beātī;may they be safe, may they flourish, may they be happy; Mil. 34.93stet haec urbs praeclāra mihique patria cārissima, quōquō modō erit merita dē mē;may this famous city stand, my country so dear to me, however it shall have treated me; Mil. 34.93tranquillā rē pūblicā meī cīvēs, quoniam mihi cum illīs nōn licet, sine mē ipsī, sed propter mē tamen perfruantur.may my fellow citizens, since I may not do so with them, enjoy the state in tranquillity without me, but still thanks to me. Mil. 34.93Ego cēdam atque abībō.I shall withdraw and depart. Mil. 34.93Sī mihi bonā rē pūblicā fruī nōn licuerit, at carēbō malā, et quam prīmum tetigerō bene morātam et līberam cīvitātem, in eā conquiēscam.If I may not enjoy a good state, at least I shall be spared a bad one, and as soon as I reach a well-ordered and free community, there I shall rest.' Mil. 34.93" "Ō frūstrā" inquit "meī susceptī labōrēs, ō spēs fallācēs, ō cōgitātiōnēs inānēs meae!'O my labours undertaken in vain,' he says, 'O deceitful hopes, O empty plans of mine!
Mil. 34.94Ego cum tribūnus plēbis rē pūblicā oppressā mē senātuī dedissem quem exstīnctum accēperam, equitibus Rōmānīs quōrum vīrēs erant dēbilēs, bonīs virīs quī omnem auctōritātem Clōdiānīs armīs abiēcerant, mihi umquam bonōrum praesidium dēfutūrum putārem?When, as tribune of the plebs, with the state oppressed, I had devoted myself to the senate, which I had found extinguished, to the Roman knights, whose strength was feeble, to the good men, who had cast away all their authority before the arms of Clodius, should I ever have thought that the protection of good men would fail me? Mil. 34.94Ego cum tē"—mēcum enim saepissimē loquitur—"patriae reddidissem, mihi putārem in patriā nōn futūrum locum?When I had restored you' — for he very often talks to me — 'to your country, should I have thought there would be no place in my country for me? Mil. 34.94Vbi nunc senātus est quem secūtī sumus, ubi equitēs Rōmānī illī, illī" inquit "tuī?Where now is the senate, which we followed, where are those Roman knights, those,' he says, 'of yours? Mil. 34.94ubi studia mūnicipiōrum, ubi Ītaliae vōcēs, ubi dēnique tua, M. Tullī, quae plūrimīs fuit auxiliō, vōx atque dēfēnsiō?where is the zeal of the towns, where the voices of Italy, where finally is your voice and defence, Marcus Tullius, which has been a help to so many?
Mil. 34.94Mihine ea sōlī quī prō tē totiēns mortī mē obtulī nihil potest opitulārī?"Can it be of no help to me alone, who have so often faced death for you?'