Et sane aequum est tantum ceteris praestare consulibus ipsum qui consules facit: quippe etiam fortuna videbatur indignum, si posset honores dare qui gerere non posset.
It is of course only proper that he should stand out above the other consuls, when it was he who made them, for it would be an insult to his position if office could be bestowed by one incapable of filling it.
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