De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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perdiscendum ius civile, cognoscendae leges, percipienda omnis antiquitas, senatoria consuetudo, disciplina rei publicae, iura sociorum, foedera, pactiones, causa imperi cognoscenda est; libandus est etiam ex omni genere urbanitatis facetiarum quidam lepos, quo tamquam sale perspergatur omnis oratio. Effudi vobis omnia quae sentiebam, quae fortasse, quemcumque patremfamilias adripuissetis ex aliquo circulo, eadem vobis percontantibus respondisset.'
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Haec cum Crassus dixisset, silentium est consecutum; sed quamquam satis eis, qui aderant, ad id, quod erat propositum, dictum videbatur, tamen sentiebant celerius esse multo quam ipsi vellent ab eo peroratum. Tum Scaevola 'quid est, Cotta?' inquit 'quid tacetis? Nihilne vobis in mentem venit, quod praeterea ab Crasso requiratis?'
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