De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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'Ego vero' inquit 'istis obsequi studeo neque gravabor breviter meo more, quid quaque de re sentiam, dicere. Ac primum illud—quoniam auctoritatem tuam neglegere, Scaevola, fas mihi non esse puto—respondeo, mihi dicendi aut nullam artem aut pertenuem videri, sed omnem esse contentionem inter homines doctos in verbi controversia positam.
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Nam si ars ita definitur, ut paulo ante exposuit Antonius, ex rebus penitus perspectis planeque cognitis atque ab opinionis arbitrio seiunctis scientiaque comprehensis, non mihi videtur ars oratoris esse ulla; sunt enim varia et ad vulgarem popularemque sensum accommodata omnia genera huius forensis nostrae dictionis.
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