De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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stultitia autem excusationem non habet,
quia nemo videtur, aut quia crudus fuerit aut quod ita
maluerit, stultus fuisse; quo etiam gravius iudicium in
dicendo subimus: quotiens enim dicimus, totiens de nobis
iudicatur, et, qui semel in gestu peccavit, non continuo
existimatur nescire gestum, cuius autem in dicendo quid
reprehensum est, aut aeterna in eo aut certe diuturna valet
opinio tarditatis.
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Illud vero, quod a te dictum est, esse
permulta, quae orator a natura nisi haberet, non multum
a magistro adiuvaretur, valde tibi adsentior inque eo vel
maxime probavi summum illum doctorem, Alabandensem
Apollonium, qui cum mercede doceret, tamen non patiebatur
eos, quos iudicabat non posse oratores evadere,
operam apud sese perdere, dimittebatque et ad quam
quemque artem putabat esse aptum, ad eam impellere
atque hortari solebat.
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