Cim. 4.1Hunc Athēniēnsēs nōn sōlum in bellō, sed etiam in pāce diū dēsīderāvērunt.The Athenians long missed him, not only in war but also in peace. Cim. 4.1Fuit enim tantā līberālitāte, cum complūribus locīs praedia hortōsque habēret, ut numquam in eīs custōdem posuerit frūctus servandī grātiā, nē quis impedīrētur, quōminus eīs rēbus quibus quisque vellet fruerētur.For he was of such generosity that, though he had estates and gardens in many places, he never set a guard in them to protect the produce, so that no one should be prevented from enjoying whatever of his property he wished. Cim. 4.2Semper eum pedisequī cum nummīs sunt secūtī, ut, sī quis opis eius indigēret, habēret quod statim daret, nē differendō vidērētur negāre.Attendants with money always followed him, so that if anyone needed his help, he would have something to give at once, lest by putting it off he should seem to refuse. Cim. 4.2Saepe, cum aliquem offēnsum fortūnae vidēret minus bene vestītum, suum amiculum dedit.Often, when he saw someone ill-used by fortune and poorly dressed, he gave him his own cloak. Cim. 4.3Cottīdiē sīc cēna eī coquēbātur, ut, quōs invocātōs vīdisset in forō, omnēs ad sē vocāret, quod facere nūllō diē praetermittēbat.Every day a dinner was cooked for him on such a scale that he could invite to his house all those he had seen in the market place without an invitation, and he let no day pass without doing this.
Cim. 4.3Nūllī fidēs eius, nūllī opera, nūllī rēs familiāris dēfuit: multōs locuplētāvit, complūrēs pauperēs , quī unde efferrentur nōn relīquissent, suō sūmptū extulit.No one lacked his protection, no one his help, no one his means: he made many rich, and buried at his own expense many poor men who had not left enough to pay for their funeral. Cim. 4.4Sīc sē gerendō minimē est mīrandum, sī et vīta eius fuit sēcūra et mors acerba.Since he behaved like this, it is not at all surprising that his life was free from care and his death bitterly mourned.