De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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Iam vituperandi praecepta contrariis ex vitiis sumenda esse perspicuum est; simul est illud ante oculos, nec bonum virum proprie et copiose laudari sine virtutum nec improbum notari ac vituperari sine vitiorum cognitione satis insignite atque aspere posse. Atque his locis et laudandi et vituperandi saepe nobis est utendum in omni genere causarum.
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Habetis de inveniendis rebus disponendisque quid sentiam; adiungam etiam de memoria, ut labore Crassum levem neque ei quicquam aliud, de quo disserat, relinquam nisi ea, quibus haec exornentur.' 'Perge vero,' inquit Crassus 'libenter enim te cognitum iam artificem aliquandoque evolutum illis integumentis dissimulationis tuae nudatumque perspicio; et quod mihi nihil aut quod non multum relinquis, percommode facis estque mihi gratum.'
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