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De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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'Ego vero,'
inquit 'omni de re facilius puto esse ab homine non
inurbano, quam de ipsis facetiis disputari. Itaque cum
quosdam Graecos inscriptos libros esse vidissem de ridiculis,
non nullam in spem veneram posse me ex eis aliquid
discere; inveni autem ridicula et salsa multa Graecorum;
nam et Siculi in eo genere et Rhodii et Byzantii et praeter
ceteros Attici excellunt; sed qui eius rei rationem quandam
conati sunt artemque tradere, sic insulsi exstiterunt, ut nihil
aliud eorum nisi ipsa insulsitas rideatur;
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qua re mihi quidem
nullo modo videtur doctrina ista res posse tradi.
Etenim cum duo genera sint facetiarum, alterum aequabiliter
in omni sermone fusum, alterum peracutum et breve,
illa a veteribus superior cavillatio, haec altera dicacitas nominata
est. Leve nomen habet utraque res. Quippe; leve
enim est totum hoc risum movere.
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