cum tibi Romano dominas in honore secures et liceat medio ponere iura foro; vel tibi Medorum pugnacis ire per hastas, atque ornare tuam fixa per arma domum; et tibi ad effectum vires det Caesar, et omni tempore tam faciles insinuentur opes; parcis et in tenuis humilem te colligis umbras: velorum plenos subtrahis ipse sinus.
Though as a magistrate of Rome you might establish your imperial axes and dispense justice in the middle of the Forum; though you might pass through the fierce Parthians spears and adorn your house with trophies nailed on the walls; though Caesar gives you strength to achieve your will, and at all times wealth comes so readily flowing in: yet you hold back and humbly withdraw to a modest background: of your own choice you furl the full canvas of your sails.
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