Mur. 9.1Servius hic nōbīscum hanc urbānam mīlitiam respondendī, scrībendī, cavendī plēnam sollicitūdinis ac stomachī secūtus est;Servius here followed with us this city service of giving opinions, drafting documents and framing safeguards, full of anxiety and vexation; Mur. 9.1iūs cīvīle didicit, multum vigilāvit, labōrāvit, praestō multīs fuit, multōrum stultitiam perpessus est, adrogantiam pertulit, difficultātem exsorbuit;he learnt civil law, he kept long vigils, he laboured, he was at the service of many, he endured the folly of many, put up with their arrogance, swallowed their awkwardness; Mur. 9.1vīxit ad aliōrum arbitrium, nōn ad suum.he lived at the bidding of others, not his own. Mur. 9.1Magna laus et grāta hominibus ūnum hominem ēlabōrāre in eā scientiā quae sit multīs prōfutūra.It is a great merit, and one welcome to men, that one man should toil at a science which is to benefit many. Mur. 9.20Quid Mūrēna intereā?What was Murena doing meanwhile? Mur. 9.20Fortissimō et sapientissimō virō, summō imperātōrī lēgātus, Lūcullō, fuit;He was legate to a most brave and wise man, a supreme commander, Lucullus; Mur. 9.20quā in lēgātiōne dūxit exercitum, signa contulit, manum cōnseruit, magnās cōpiās hostium fūdit, urbīs partim vī, partim obsidiōne cēpit, Asiam istam refertam et eandem dēlicātam sīc obiit ut in eā neque avāritiae neque luxuriae vestīgium relīquerit, maximō in bellō sīc est versātus ut hic multās rēs et magnās sine imperātōre gesserit, nūllam sine hōc imperātor.in that legateship he led an army, joined battle, came to close quarters, routed great forces of the enemy, took cities partly by assault and partly by siege, travelled through that Asia of yours, so rich and so voluptuous, in such a way that he left in it no trace of greed or luxury, and conducted himself in a very great war in such a way that he did many great things without the commander, while the commander did nothing without him.
Mur. 9.20Atque haec quamquam praesente Lūcullō loquor, tamen nē ab ipsō propter perīculum nostrum concessam videāmur habēre licentiam fingendī, pūblicīs litterīs testāta sunt omnia, quibus Lūcullus tantum laudis impertiit quantum neque ambitiōsus imperātor neque invidus tribuere alterī in commūnicandā glōriā dēbuit.And although I say this in the presence of Lucullus, still, so that we may not seem to have a licence for invention granted by him because of our danger, everything is attested in public dispatches, in which Lucullus bestowed as much praise as a commander who was neither self-seeking nor envious ought to grant to another in sharing out glory. Mur. 9.21Summa in utrōque est honestās, summa dignitās;In both men there is the highest honour, the highest standing; Mur. 9.21quam ego, sī mihi per Servium liceat, parī atque eādem in laude pōnam.and I would place this on an equal and identical footing of praise, if Servius allowed me. Mur. 9.21Sed nōn licet;But he does not allow it; Mur. 9.21agitat rem mīlitārem, īnsectātur tōtam hanc lēgātiōnem, adsiduitātis et operārum hārum cōtīdiānārum putat esse cōnsulātum.he harps on military affairs, he attacks this whole legateship, he thinks the consulship belongs to constant attendance and to these daily labours.
Mur. 9.21"Apud exercitum mihi fuerīs" inquit;'You were with the army,' he says; Mur. 9.21"tot annōs forum nōn attigerīs;'for so many years you did not set foot in the forum; Mur. 9.21āfuerīs tam diū et, cum longō intervallō vēnerīs, cum hīs quī in forō habitārint dē dignitāte contendās?"you have been away so long, and, after coming back after a long interval, are you to compete in standing with those who have lived in the forum?' Mur. 9.21Prīmum ista nostra adsiduitās, Servī, nescīs quantum interdum adferat hominibus fastīdī, quantum satietātis.First, Servius, you do not know how much weariness, how much surfeit that constant presence of ours sometimes brings to people. Mur. 9.21Mihi quidem vehementer expediit positam in oculīs esse grātiam;For me, indeed, it was greatly advantageous that my popularity was set before people's eyes; Mur. 9.21sed tamen ego meī satietātem magnō meō labōre superāvī et tū item fortasse;but even so I overcame the surfeit of me with great labour on my part, and you perhaps did the same; Mur. 9.21vērum tamen utrīque nostrum dēsīderium nihil obfuisset.but still, being missed would have done neither of us any harm.
Mur. 9.22Sed ut hōc omissō ad studiōrum atque artium contentiōnem revertāmur, quī potest dubitārī quīn ad cōnsulātum adipīscendum multō plūs adferat dignitātis reī mīlitāris quam iūris cīvīlis glōria?But to leave this aside and return to the comparison of pursuits and skills, how can it be doubted that for winning the consulship the glory of military achievement brings much more distinction than that of civil law? Mur. 9.22Vigilās tū dē nocte ut tuīs cōnsultōribus respondeās, ille ut eō quō intendit mātūrē cum exercitū perveniat;You keep vigil by night to give answers to your clients, he to reach in good time with his army the place he is making for; Mur. 9.22tē gallōrum, illum būcinārum cantus exsuscitat;you are woken by the crowing of cocks, he by the sound of trumpets; Mur. 9.22tū āctiōnem īnstituis, ille aciem īnstruit;you draw up a legal action, he draws up a battle line; Mur. 9.22tū cavēs nē tuī cōnsultōrēs, ille nē urbēs aut castra capiantur;you take care that your clients are not caught out, he that cities or camps are not captured; Mur. 9.22ille tenet et scit ut hostium cōpiae, tū ut aquae pluviae arceantur;he knows and understands how to keep off the forces of the enemy, you how to keep off rainwater; Mur. 9.22ille exercitātus est in prōpāgandīs fīnibus, tūque in regendīs.he is practised in extending boundaries, and you in regulating them.