De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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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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