De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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An vero tibi Romulus ille aut pastores
et convenas congregasse aut Sabinorum conubia coniunxisse
aut finitimorum vim repressisse eloquentia videtur, non
consilio et sapientia singulari? Quid? in Numa Pompilio,
quid? in Servio Tullio, quid? in ceteris regibus, quorum
multa sunt eximia ad constituendam rem publicam, num
eloquentiae vestigium apparet? Quid? exactis regibus,
tametsi ipsam exactionem mente, non lingua perfectam
L. Bruti esse cernimus, sed deinceps omnia nonne plena
consiliorum, inania verborum videmus?
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Ego vero si velim
et nostrae civitatis exemplis uti et aliarum, plura proferre
possim detrimenta publicis rebus quam adiumenta, per
homines eloquentissimos importata; sed ut reliqua praetermittam,
omnium mihi videor, exceptis, Crasse, vobis duobus,
eloquentissimos audisse Ti. et C. Sempronios, quorum pater,
homo prudens et gravis, haudquaquam eloquens, et saepe
alias et maxime censor saluti rei publicae fuit: atque is non
accurata quadam orationis copia, sed nutu atque verbo
libertinos in urbanas tribus transtulit, quod nisi fecisset,
rem publicam, quam nunc vix tenemus, iam diu nullam
haberemus. At vero eius filii diserti et omnibus vel
naturae vel doctrinae praesidiis ad dicendum parati, cum
civitatem vel paterno consilio vel avitis armis florentissimam
accepissent, ista praeclara gubernatrice, ut ais, civitatum
eloquentia rem publicam dissipaverunt.
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