Mur. 22.1Accēdit eōdem ut etiam ipse candidātus tōtum animum atque omnem cūram operam dīligentiamque suam in petītiōne nōn possit pōnere.There is the further point that the candidate himself cannot devote his whole mind and all his care, effort and diligence to his canvass. Mur. 22.1Adiungitur enim accūsātiōnis cōgitātiō, nōn parva rēs sed nīmīrum omnium maxima.For there is added the thought of the prosecution, no small matter but surely the greatest of all. Mur. 22.1Magnum est enim tē comparāre ea quibus possīs hominem ē cīvitāte, praesertim nōn inopem neque īnfirmum, exturbāre, quī et per sē et per suōs et vērō etiam per aliēnōs dēfendātur.For it is a great thing to prepare the means by which you can drive a man out of the state, especially one who is neither poor nor weak, who is defended by himself, by his own people and indeed even by strangers. Mur. 22.1Omnēs enim ad perīcula prōpulsanda concurrimus et quī nōn apertē inimīcī sumus etiam aliēnissimīs in capitis perīculīs amīcissimōrum officia et studia praestāmus.For we all rush together to ward off dangers, and those of us who are not open enemies render even to complete strangers, when their civil existence is at stake, the services and zeal of the closest friends.
Mur. 22.46Quā rē ego expertus et petendī et dēfendendī et accūsandī molestiam sīc intellēxī in petendō studium esse ācerrimum, in dēfendendō officium, in accūsandō labōrem.Therefore I, who have experienced the burdens of canvassing, of defending and of prosecuting, have come to understand that in canvassing the keenest zeal is needed, in defending a sense of duty, in prosecuting hard work. Mur. 22.46Itaque sīc statuō fierī nūllō modō posse ut īdem accūsātiōnem et petītiōnem cōnsulātūs dīligenter adōrnet atque īnstruat.And so I conclude that it is in no way possible for the same man to prepare and equip carefully both a prosecution and a candidacy for the consulship. Mur. 22.46Vnum sustinēre paucī possunt, utrumque nēmō.Few can sustain one, no one both. Mur. 22.46Tū cum tē dē curriculō petītiōnis dēflexissēs animumque ad accūsandum trānstulissēs, exīstimāstī tē utrīque negōtiō satis facere posse.When you had turned aside from the course of your candidacy and transferred your mind to prosecuting, you thought you could do justice to both tasks. Mur. 22.46Vehementer errāstī.You were badly mistaken. Mur. 22.46Quis enim diēs fuit, posteā quam in istam accūsandī dēnūntiātiōnem ingressus es, quem tū nōn tōtum in istā ratiōne cōnsūmpserīs?For what day was there, after you entered upon that announcement of a prosecution, which you did not spend entirely on that business?