Rosc. Am. 17.1Ac nōn modo hoc patrum voluntāte līberī faciunt sed permultōs et ego nōvī et, nisi mē fallit animus, ūnus quisque vestrum quī et ipsī incēnsī sunt studiō quod ad agrum colendum attinet, vītamque hanc rūsticam, quam tū probrō et crīminī putās esse oportēre, et honestissimam et suāvissimam esse arbitrantur.And not only do children do this by their fathers' wish, but I know very many, and so, unless I am mistaken, does each one of you, who are themselves fired with zeal for everything to do with farming the land, and who consider this country life, which you think ought to be a disgrace and a charge, both most honourable and most delightful. Rosc. Am. 17.49Quid cēnsēs hunc ipsum Sex. Roscium quō studiō et quā intellegentiā esse in rūsticīs rēbus?With what zeal and what knowledge do you think this Sextus Roscius himself is engaged in country matters? Rosc. Am. 17.49Vt ex hīs propinquīs eius, hominibus honestissimīs, audiō, nōn tū in istō artificiō accūsātōriō callidior es quam hic in suō.As I hear from these relatives of his, most honourable men, you are not more skilful in that accuser's craft of yours than he is in his own.
Rosc. Am. 17.49Vērum, ut opīnor, quoniam ita Chrȳsogonō vidētur quī huic nūllum praedium relīquit, et artificium oblīvīscātur et studium dēpōnat licēbit.But, I suppose, since Chrysogonus, who has left him no farm, sees fit, he will be free both to forget his craft and to lay aside his zeal. Rosc. Am. 17.49Quod tametsī miserum et indignum est, feret tamen aequō animō, iūdicēs, sī per vōs vītam et fāmam potest obtinēre;Though this is wretched and undeserved, he will nevertheless bear it calmly, judges, if through you he can keep his life and good name; Rosc. Am. 17.49hoc vērō est quod ferrī nōn potest, sī et in hanc calamitātem vēnit propter praediōrum bonitātem et multitūdinem et quod ea studiōsē coluit, id erit eī maximē fraudī, ut parum miseriae sit quod aliīs coluit nōn sibi, nisi etiam quod omnīnō coluit crīminī fuerit.but this is what cannot be borne, if he has both come into this misfortune because of the quality and number of his farms, and the fact that he cultivated them zealously is to do him the greatest harm, so that it is too little misery that he cultivated them for others and not for himself, unless the very fact that he cultivated them at all is made a charge against him.