Mil. 35.1Nec vērō haec, iūdicēs, ut ego nunc, flēns, sed hōc eōdem loquitur voltū quō vidētis.Nor indeed does he say these things, judges, weeping, as I do now, but with this same face that you see. Mil. 35.1Negat enim sē, negat ingrātīs cīvibus fēcisse quae fēcerit, timidīs et omnia perīcula circumspicientibus nōn negat.For he denies, he denies that he did what he did for ungrateful citizens; that he did it for timid ones, who look round at every danger, he does not deny. Mil. 35.1Plēbem et īnfimam multitūdinem, quae P. Clōdiō duce fortūnīs vestrīs imminēbat, eam quō tūtior esset vestra vīta suam sē fēcisse commemorat, ut nōn modo virtūte flecteret sed etiam tribus suīs patrimōniīs dēlēnīret, nec timet nē, cum plēbem mūneribus plācārit, vōs nōn conciliārit meritīs in rem pūblicam singulāribus.The common people and the lowest mob, who under the leadership of Publius Clodius were threatening your fortunes, he reminds you he made his own so that your lives might be safer, so as not only to sway them by his courage but also to soothe them with his three inheritances; nor does he fear that, while he has appeased the common people with his gifts, he has not won you over by his singular services to the state.
Mil. 35.1Senātūs ergā sē benevolentiam temporibus hīs ipsīs saepe esse perspectam, vestrās vērō et vestrōrum ōrdinum occursātiōnēs, studia, sermōnēs, quemcumque cursum fortūna cēperit, sēcum sē ablātūrum esse dīcit.He says that the senate's goodwill towards him has often been seen at these very times, and that your demonstrations, enthusiasm and words, and those of your orders, he will take away with him, whatever course fortune takes. Mil. 35.96Meminit etiam vōcem sibi praecōnis modo dēfuisse, quam minimē dēsīderārit, populī vērō cūnctīs suffrāgiīs, quod ūnum cupierit, sē cōnsulem dēclārātum;He also recalls that he lacked only the herald's voice, which he least wanted, but that he was declared consul by all the votes of the people, which was the one thing he desired; Mil. 35.96nunc dēnique, sī haec arma contrā sē sint futūra, sibi facinoris suspīciōnem, nōn factī crīmen obstāre.and that now, finally, if these arms are to be turned against him, what stands in his way is the suspicion of a crime, not a charge based on fact. Mil. 35.96Addit haec, quae certē vēra sunt, fortīs et sapientīs virōs nōn tam praemia sequī solēre rēctē factōrum quam ipsa rēctē facta;He adds these points, which are certainly true: that brave and wise men are wont to pursue not so much the rewards of right actions as the right actions themselves; Mil. 35.96sē nihil in vītā nisi praeclārissimē fēcisse, sī quidem nihil sit praestābilius virō quam perīculīs patriam līberāre.that he has done nothing in his life except most gloriously, if indeed nothing is more excellent for a man than to free his country from dangers.
Mil. 35.97Beātōs esse quibus ea rēs honōrī fuerit ā suīs cīvibus, nec tamen eōs miserōs quī beneficiō cīvīs suōs vīcerint.Happy, he says, are those for whom such a deed has brought honour from their fellow citizens, yet those are not wretched who have outdone their fellow citizens in kindness. Mil. 35.97Sed tamen ex omnibus praemiīs virtūtis, sī esset habenda ratiō praemiōrum, amplissimum esse praemium glōriam;But still, of all the rewards of virtue, if rewards were to be taken into account, the most splendid reward is glory; Mil. 35.97esse hanc ūnam quae brevitātem vītae posteritātis memoriā cōnsōlārētur, quae efficeret ut absentēs adessēmus, mortuī vīverēmus;this alone consoles the brevity of life with the memory of posterity, makes us present when absent and alive when dead; Mil. 35.97hanc dēnique esse cuius gradibus etiam in caelum hominēs vidērentur ascendere.this, finally, is the one by whose steps men seem to climb even to heaven. Mil. 35.98"Dē mē" inquit "semper populus Rōmānus, semper omnēs gentēs loquentur, nūlla umquam obmūtēscet vetustās.'Of me,' he says, 'the Roman people will always speak, all nations will always speak; no length of years will ever fall silent.
Mil. 35.98Quīn hōc tempore ipsō, cum omnēs ā meīs inimīcīs facēs invidiae meae subiciantur, tamen omnī in hominum coetū grātiīs agendīs et grātulātiōnibus habendīs et omnī sermōne celebrāmur.Why, at this very time, when all the firebrands of odium against me are being kindled by my enemies, still in every gathering of men I am celebrated with thanks given and congratulations offered and in all talk. Mil. 35.98Omittō Etrūriae fēstōs et āctōs et īnstitūtōs diēs.I pass over the festal days in Etruria, both kept and instituted. Mil. 35.98Centēsima lūx est haec ab interitū P. Clōdī et, opīnor, altera.This is the hundredth day since the death of Publius Clodius, and, I think, one more. Mil. 35.98Quā fīnēs imperī populī Rōmānī sunt, eā nōn sōlum fāma iam dē illō sed etiam laetitia peragrāvit.Wherever the borders of the empire of the Roman people reach, there not only the report of it but also the joy has already travelled. Mil. 35.98Quam ob rem ubi corpus hoc sit nōn" inquit "labōrō, quoniam omnibus in terrīs et iam versātur et semper hīc habitābit nōminis meī glōria."Therefore where this body of mine may be, I am not,' he says, 'concerned, since the glory of my name already moves in every land and will always dwell here.'