De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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enim multo saepe obscuriores—videmus amitti. Ita non
nulli, dum operam suam multam existimari volunt, ut toto
foro volitare et a causa ad causam ire videantur, causas
dicunt incognitas; in quo est illa quidem magna offensio
vel neglegentiae, susceptis rebus, vel perfidiae, receptis; sed
etiam illa maior opinione, quod nemo potest de ea re, quam
non novit, non turpissime dicere: ita dum inertiae vituperationem,
quae maior est, contemnunt, adsequuntur etiam
illam, quam magis ipsi fugiunt, tarditatis.
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Equidem soleo
dare operam, ut de sua quisque re me ipse doceat et ut ne
quis alius adsit, quo liberius loquatur, et agere adversari
causam, ut ille agat suam et quicquid de sua re cogitarit in
medium proferat: itaque cum ille discessit, tris personas
unus sustineo summa animi aequitate, meam, adversari,
iudicis. Qui locus est talis, ut plus habeat adiumenti quam
incommodi, hunc iudico esse dicendum; ubi plus mali quam
boni reperio, id totum abiudico atque eicio.
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