De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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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