De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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'Dicam equidem, quoniam institui, petamque a vobis,' inquit 'ne has meas ineptias efferatis; quamquam moderabor ipse, ne ut quidam magister atque artifex, sed quasi unus ex togatorum numero atque ex forensi usu homo mediocris neque omnino rudis videar non ipse a me aliquid promisisse, sed fortuito in sermonem vestrum incidisse.
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Equidem cum peterem magistratum, solebam in prensando dimittere a me Scaevolam, cum ita ei dicerem, me velle esse ineptum, id erat, petere blandius, quod, nisi inepte fieret, bene non posset fieri;—hunc autem esse unum hominem ex omnibus, quo praesente ego ineptum esse me minime vellem—quem quidem nunc mearum ineptiarum testem et spectatorem fortuna constituit: nam quid est ineptius quam de dicendo dicere, cum ipsum dicere numquam sit non ineptum, nisi cum est necessarium?'
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