De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
ego enim, quantum auguror coniectura quantaque ingenia in nostris hominibus esse video, non despero fore aliquem aliquando, qui et studio acriore quam nos sumus atque fuimus et otio ac facultate discendi maiore ac maturiore et labore atque industria superiore, cum se ad audiendum legendum scribendumque dederit, exsistat talis orator, qualem quaerimus, qui iure non solum disertus, sed etiam eloquens dici possit; qui tamen mea sententia aut hic est iam Crassus aut, si quis pari fuerit ingenio pluraque quam hic et audierit et lectitarit et scripserit, paulum huic aliquid poterit addere.'
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Hoc loco Sulpicius 'insperanti' inquit 'mihi et Cottae, sed valde optanti utrique nostrum cecidit, ut in istum sermonem, Crasse, delaberemini; nobis enim huc venientibus satis iucundum fore videbatur, si, cum vos de rebus aliis loqueremini, tamen nos aliquid ex sermone vestro memoria dignum excipere possemus; ut vero penitus in eam ipsam totius huius vel studi vel artifici vel facultatis disputationem paene intimam veniretis, vix optandum nobis videbatur.
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