De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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'Equidem probo ista,' Crassus inquit 'quae vos facere
soletis, ut, causa aliqua posita consimili causarum earum,
quae in forum deferuntur, dicatis quam maxime ad veritatem
accommodate; sed plerique in hoc vocem modo, neque
eam scienter, et viris exercent suas et linguae celeritatem
incitant verborumque frequentia delectantur; in quo fallit
eos, quod audierunt, dicendo homines, ut dicant, efficere
solere;
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vere enim etiam illud dicitur, perverse dicere homines
perverse dicendo facillime consequi. Quam ob rem
in istis ipsis exercitationibus, etsi utile est etiam subito saepe
dicere, tamen illud utilius, sumpto spatio ad cogitandum
paratius atque accuratius dicere. Caput autem est, quod,
ut vere dicam, minime facimus (est enim magni laboris,
quem plerique fugimus), quam plurimum scribere. Stilus
optimus et praestantissimus dicendi effector ac magister;
neque iniuria; nam si subitam et fortuitam orationem commentatio
et cogitatio facile vincit, hanc ipsam profecto adsidua
ac diligens scriptura superabit.
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