De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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Qua re, nisi quid vobis aliud placet,
ad illa pergamus.' 'Paulum' inquit Catulus 'etiam nunc
deesse videtur eis rebus, Antoni, quas exposuisti, quod sit
tibi ante explicandum, quam illuc proficiscare, quo te dicis
intendere.' 'Quidnam?' inquit. 'Qui ordo tibi placeat'
inquit Catulus 'et quae dispositio argumentorum, in qua tu
mihi semper deus videri soles.'
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'Vide quam sim' inquit
'deus in isto genere, Catule: non hercule mihi nisi admonito
venisset in mentem; ut possis existimare me in ea,
in quibus non numquam aliquid efficere videor, usu solere
in dicendo vel casu potius incurrere. Ac res quidem ista,
quam ego, quia non noram, sic tamquam ignotum hominem
praeteribam, tantum potest in dicendo, ut ad vincendum
nulla plus possit; sed tamen mihi videris ante tempus a me
rationem ordinis et disponendarum rerum requisisse;
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