De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
Made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Neque vero ego hoc tantum oneris
imponam nostris praesertim oratoribus in hac tanta occupatione
urbis ac vitae, nihil ut eis putem licere nescire, quamquam
vis oratoris professioque ipsa bene dicendi hoc
suscipere ac polliceri videtur, ut omni de re, quaecumque
sit proposita, ornate ab eo copioseque dicatur.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available.
Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
Sed quia
non dubito quin hoc plerisque immensum infinitumque
videatur, et quod Graecos homines non solum ingenio et
doctrina, sed etiam otio studioque abundantis partitionem
iam quandam artium fecisse video neque in universo genere
singulos elaborasse, sed seposuisse a ceteris dictionibus
eam partem dicendi, quae in forensibus disceptationibus
iudiciorum aut deliberationum versaretur, et id unum genus
oratori reliquisse; non complectar in his libris amplius,
quam quod huic generi re quaesita et multum disputata
summorum hominum prope consensu est tributum;
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available.
Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available.
Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available.
Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available.
Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.