Philippiques Passage 31

ego , patres conscripti, Q. Scaevolam augurem memoria teneo bello Marsico, cum esset summa senectute et perdita valetudine, cotidie simul atque luceret facere omnibus conveniendi potestatem sui: nec eum quisquam illo bello vidit in lecto, senexque et debilis primus veniebat in curiam. huius industriam maxime equidem vellem ut imitarentur ei quos oportebat; secundo autem loco ne alterius labori inviderent.

I remember, conscript fathers, that during the Marsic War Quintus Scaevola the augur, though in extreme old age and ruined health, made himself available to everyone every day as soon as dawn broke. No one saw him in bed during that war, and, old and feeble as he was, he came first to the Senate-house. I would greatly wish that those who ought to do so would imitate his industry. Failing that, I would wish them not to envy another man's exertions.

Je me souviens, pères conscrits, que pendant la guerre des Marses, Quintus Scaevola l'augure, malgré son extrême vieillesse et sa santé ruinée, se rendait chaque jour, dès l'aube, accessible à tous. Personne, durant cette guerre, ne le vit au lit ; vieux et faible, il arrivait le premier à la curie. Je voudrais avant tout que ceux qui le doivent imitent son activité ; à défaut, qu'ils ne soient pas jaloux du travail d'autrui.