[111] Every civil and religions obligation--_Divina et humana omnia._ "They offended against the laws, when they took bribes from an enemy; against the honor of Rome when they did what was unworthy of it, and greatly to its injury; and against gods and men, against all divine and human obligations, when they granted to a wicked prince not only impunity, but even rewards, for his crimes." _Dietsch._ [112] Slaves purchased with money, etc.--_Servi, aere parati,_ etc. This is taken from another speech of Cato, of which a portion is preserved in Aul. Gell. x. 3: _Servi injurias nimis aegre ferunt; quid illos bono genere natos, magnâ virtute praeditos, animi habuisse atque habituros, dum vivent?_ "Slaves are apt to be too impatient of injuries; and what feelings do you think that men of good family, and of great merit, must have had, and will have as long as they live?" [113] Public spirit--_Pietas._ Under this word are included all duties that we ought to perform to those with whom we are intimately connected, or on whom we are dependent, as our parents, our country, and the gods. I have borrowed my translation of the word from Rose. [114] The marks of favor which proceed from you--_Beneficia vestra._ Offices of state, civil and military. [115] A greater disgrace to lose, etc.--_Quod majus dedecus est parta amitere quam omnino non paravisse._ [Greek: Aischion de echontas aphairethaenai ae ktomenous atychaesai] Thucyd. ii. 62. [116] These times please you less than those, etc.--_Illa quam haec tempora magis placent,_ etc. "_Those times_, which immediately succeeded the deaths of the Gracchi, and which were distinguished for the tyranny of the nobles, and the humiliation of the people; _these times_, in which the people have begun to rouse their spirit and exert their liberty." _Burnouf._ [117] Embezzlement of the public money--_Peculatus aerarii._ "Peculator, qui furtum facit pecuniae publicae." Ascon. Pedian. in Cic. Verr i. [118] Kings--I have substituted the plural for the singular. "No name was more hated at Rome than that of a king; and no sentiment, accordingly, could have been better adapted to inflame the minds of Memmius's hearers, than that which he here utters." _Dietsch._ [119] If the crimes of the wicked are suppressed, etc.--_Si injuriae non sint, haud saepe auxilii egeas._ "Some foolishly interpret _auxilium_ as signifying _auxilium tribunicium_, the aid of the tribunes; but it is evident to me that Sallust means _aid against the injuries of bad men_, i.e. revenge or punishment." _Kritzius._ "If injuries are repressed, or prevented, there will be less need for the help of good men and it will be of less consequence if they become inactive." _Dietsch._