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.
因有一次庞的一位朋友争执政官之职,与苏拉所推举之人竞选,竟而获胜。在苏拉对此表不满而开始争吵的时候,庞简直反唇相向,叫不要多言。