De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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'Nobis vero' inquit Sulpicius 'ista sunt pergrata perque iucunda; sed pauca etiam requirimus in primisque ea, quae valde breviter a te, Crasse, de ipsa arte percursa sunt, cum illa te et non contemnere et didicisse confiterere: ea si paulo latius dixeris, expleris omnem exspectationem diuturni desideri nostri; nam nunc, quibus studendum rebus esset accepimus, quod ipsum est tamen magnum; sed vias earum rerum rationemque cupimus cognoscere.'
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'Quid si,' inquit Crassus 'quoniam ego, quo facilius vos apud me tenerem, vestrae potius obsecutus sum voluntati, quam aut consuetudini aut naturae meae, petimus ab Antonio, ut ea, quae continet neque adhuc protulit, ex quibus unum libellum sibi excidisse iam dudum questus est, explicet nobis et illa dicendi mysteria enuntiet?' 'Ut videtur,' inquit Sulpicius; 'nam Antonio dicente etiam quid tu intellegas, sentiemus.'
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