De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
Verum tamen, ut dicis, Antoni, multum in causis persaepe lepore et facetiis profici vidi. Sed cum illo in genere perpetuae festivitatis ars non desideretur (natura enim fingit homines et creat imitatores et narratores facetos adiuvante et vultu et voce et ipso genere sermonis) tum vero in hoc altero dicacitatis quid habet ars loci, cum ante illud facete dictum emissum haerere debeat, quam cogitari potuisse videatur?
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Quid enim hic meus frater ab arte adiuvari potuit, cum a Philippo interrogatus quid latraret, furem se videre respondit? Quid in omni oratione Crassus vel apud centum viros contra Scaevolam vel contra accusatorem Brutum, cum pro Cn. Plancio diceret? Nam id, quod tu mihi tribuis, Antoni, Crasso est omnium sententia concedendum; non enim fere quisquam reperietur praeter hunc in utroque genere leporis excellens: et illo, quod in perpetuitate sermonis, et hoc, quod in celeritate atque dicto est.
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