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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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Est etiam deformitatis et corporis vitiorum satis
bella materies ad iocandum; sed quaerimus idem, quod in
ceteris rebus maxime quaerendum est, quatenus; in quo
non modo illud praecipitur, ne quid insulse, sed etiam, si
quid perridicule possis, vitandum est oratori utrumque,
ne aut scurrilis iocus sit aut mimicus. Quae cuius modi
sint facilius iam intellegemus, cum ad ipsa ridiculorum
genera venerimus.
Duo sunt enim genera facetiarum, quorum alterum re
tractatur, alterum dicto:
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re, si quando quid tamquam aliqua
fabella narratur, ut olim tu, Crasse, in Memmium, comedisse
eum lacertum Largi, cum esset cum eo Tarracinae de
amicula rixatus: salsa, ac tamen a te ipso ficta tota narratio;
addidisti clausulam: tota Tarracina tum omnibus in parietibus
inscriptas fuisse litteras L. L. L. M. M.; cum quaereres
id quid esset, senem tibi quendam oppidanum dixisse:
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