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