Nam plerosque ex decretis honoribus et alii non receperunt, nemo ante tantus fuit ut crederetur noluisse decerni; quod ego titulis omnibus speciosius reor, quando non trabibus aut saxis nomen tuum sed monimentis aeternae laudis inciditur.
for though there have been others who refused most of the honours offered them, no one was great enough before for us to believe that he did not want them offered. This, I think, is more splendid than any inscription, since your name is engraved not on beams of wood or blocks of stone but in the records of imperishable glory.
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