§12.35.1ante quam a te proxime discessi, numquam mihi venit in mentem, quo plus insumptum in monimentum esset quam nescio quid quod lege conceditur, tantundem populo dandum esse.
Before I recently left you, it never occurred to me that whatever sum was spent on the monument in excess of what is permitted by law, just as much had to be paid to the people.
quod non magno opere moveret, nisi nescio quo modo, ἀλόγωσ fortasse, nollem illud ullo nomine nisi fani appellari.
This would not trouble me greatly, were it not that somehow, perhaps unreasonably (ἀλόγωσ), I am unwilling for it to be called by any name other than a temple.
quod si volumus, vereor ne adsequi non possimus nisi mutato loco.
But if we want this, I fear we may not be able to achieve it unless the site is changed.
hoc quale sit, quaeso, considera.
Please consider what this means.
nam etsi minus urgeor meque ipse prope modum conlegi, tamen indigeo tui consili.
For although I am less hard pressed and have almost recovered myself, yet I still need your advice.
itaque te vehementer etiam atque etiam rogo magis quam a me vis aut pateris te rogari ut hanc cogitationem toto pectore amplectare.
Therefore, I earnestly ask you again and again, more than you wish or allow yourself to be asked by me, to embrace this project with all your heart.