De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
Tum Crassus 'atqui vide' inquit 'in artificio perquam tenui et levi quanto plus adhibeatur diligentiae, quam in hac re, quam constat esse maximam: saepe enim soleo audire Roscium, cum ita dicat, se adhuc reperire discipulum, quem quidem probaret, potuisse neminem, non quo non essent quidam probabiles, sed quia, si aliquid modo esset viti, id ferre ipse non posset; nihil est enim tam insigne nec tam ad diuturnitatem memoriae stabile quam id, in quo aliquid offenderis.
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Itaque ut ad hanc similitudinem huius histrionis oratoriam laudem dirigamus, videtisne quam nihil ab eo nisi perfecte, nihil nisi cum summa venustate fiat, nisi ita, ut deceat et uti omnis moveat atque delectet? Itaque hoc iam diu est consecutus, ut, in quo quisque artificio excelleret, is in suo genere Roscius diceretur. Hanc ego absolutionem perfectionemque in oratore desiderans, a qua ipse longe absum, facio impudenter; mihi enim volo ignosci, ceteris ipse non ignosco; nam qui non potest, qui vitiose facit, quem denique non decet, hunc, ut Apollonius iubebat, ad id, quod facere possit, detrudendum puto.'
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