De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
'Enimvero' inquit Crassus 'mirari satis non queo etiam te haec, Scaevola, desiderare, quae neque ego ita teneo, uti ei, qui docent, neque sunt eius generis, ut, si optime tenerem, digna essent ista sapientia ac tuis auribus.' 'Ain tu?' inquit ille: 'si de istis communibus et pervagatis vix huic aetati audiendum putas, etiamne illa neglegere possumus, quae tu oratori cognoscenda esse dixisti, de naturis hominum, de moribus, de rationibus eis, quibus hominum mentes et incitarentur et reprimerentur, de historia, de antiquitate, de administratione rei publicae, denique de nostro ipso iure civili? Hanc enim ego omnem scientiam et copiam rerum in tua prudentia sciebam inesse; in oratoris vero instrumento tam lautam supellectilem numquam videram.'
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'Potes igitur,' inquit Crassus 'ut alia omittam innumerabilia et immensa et ad ipsum tuum ius civile veniam, oratores putare eos, quos multas horas exspectavit, cum in campum properaret, et ridens et stomachans P. Scaevola, cum Hypsaeus maxima voce, plurimis verbis a M. Crasso praetore contenderet, ut ei, quem defendebat, causa cadere liceret, Cn. autem Octavius, homo consularis, non minus longa oratione recusaret, ne adversarius causa caderet ac ne is, pro quo ipse diceret, turpi tutelae iudicio atque omni molestia stultitia adversarii liberaretur?'
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