Letters to Atticus Passage 3

sed praeterita omittamus; istos omni cura praesidioque tueamur et, quem ad modum tu praecipis, contenti Idibus Martiis simus; quae quidem nostris amicis divinis viris aditum ad caelum dederunt, libertatem populo Romano non dederunt. recordare tua. nonne meministi clamare te omnia perisse si ille funere elatus esset? sapienter id quidem. itaque ex eo quae manarint vides.

But let us omit the past. Let us protect those men with every care and safeguard and, as you advise, be content with the Ides of March. They gave our friends, those godlike men, a path to heaven, but did not give liberty to the Roman people. Recall your own words. Do you not remember crying out that everything was lost if Caesar received a public funeral? That was wisely said, and you see what has flowed from it.

Laissons toutefois le passé. Protégeons nos amis avec tout notre soin et tous nos moyens et, comme tu le prescris, contentons-nous des ides de mars. Elles ont certes ouvert à nos amis, ces hommes divins, le chemin du ciel; elles n’ont pas donné la liberté au peuple romain. Rappelle-toi tes propres paroles. Ne te souviens-tu pas d’avoir crié que tout serait perdu si César recevait des funérailles? C’était parler sagement. Tu vois donc ce qui en a découlé.