Quanto nunc, dive Nerva, gaudio frueris, cum vides et esse optimum et dici, quem tamquam optimum elegisti! quam laetum tibi, quod comparatus filio tuo vinceris! Neque enim alio magis adprobatur animi tui magnitudo, quam quod optimus ipse non timuisti elegere meliorem.
What happiness you must feel today, divine Nerva, on beholding him whom you judged the best candidate for your choice proving that he is best, and being addressed as such! What joy for you to stand second in comparison with your son! There can be no better indication of your greatness of soul than the fact that though so good yourself you did not hesitate to choose a better man.
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