Tum mihi supra tribunatus et praeturas et consulatus ascendere videor, tum habere quod, si non ultro oritur, nec codicillis datur nec cum gratia venit.
Then it is that I feel I am rising above the level of a tribune, a praetor, or even a consul, and that I possess an asset which, unless it comes unbidden, cannot either be conferred by letters-patent or follow in the train of popular favour.
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