For when he had carried the consulship for a friend of his, against the pursuit of Sylla, and that Sylla did a little resent thereat, and began to speak great, Pompey turned upon him again, and in effect bade him be quiet.
因为有一次庞拜为他的一位朋友争执政官职,与所推举人竞,获胜。在对此表示不满开始争吵的时候,庞拜简直反唇相向,叫他不要多言。