Brutus ou Des orateurs illustres Passage 223

Eodem Q. Caepionem referrem, nisi nimis equestri ordini deditus a senatu dissedisset. Cn. Carbonem M. Marium et ex eodem genere compluris minime dignos elegantis conventus auribus aptissimos cognovi turbulentis contionibus . Quo in genere, ut in his perturbem aetatum ordinem, nuper L. Quinctius fuit; aptior etiam Palicanus auribus imperitorum.

I would place Quintus Caepio in the same category had he not separated himself from the Senate through excessive devotion to the equestrian order. Gnaeus Carbo, Marcus Marius, and several others of the same kind I knew as men utterly unworthy of the ears of a refined gathering but exceedingly well suited to turbulent assemblies. In this class, if I may disturb chronological order among these men, Lucius Quinctius appeared recently; Palicanus was even better suited to the ears of the uneducated.

J’y rangerais aussi Quintus Caepio s’il ne s’était séparé du Sénat par un attachement excessif à l’ordre équestre. J’ai connu Cnaeus Carbo, Marcus Marius et plusieurs hommes du même genre, absolument indignes des oreilles d’une assemblée raffinée, mais parfaitement adaptés aux réunions tumultueuses. Dans ce genre, quitte à troubler ici l’ordre des générations, il y eut récemment Lucius Quinctius; Palicanus convenait encore mieux aux oreilles ignorantes.