De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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Iam vero narrationem quod iubent veri similem esse
et apertam et brevem, recte nos admonent: quod haec
narrationis magis putant esse propria quam totius orationis,
valde mihi videntur errare; omninoque in hoc omnis est
error, quod existimant artificium esse hoc quoddam non
dissimile ceterorum, cuius modi de ipso iure civili hesterno
die Crassus componi posse dicebat: ut genera rerum primum
exponerentur, in quo vitium est, si genus ullum praetermittitur;
deinde singulorum partes generum, in quo et
deesse aliquam partem et superare mendosum est; tum
verborum omnium definitiones, in quibus neque abesse
quicquam decet neque redundare.
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Sed hoc si in iure civili,
si etiam in parvis aut mediocribus rebus doctiores adsequi
possunt, non idem sentio tanta hac in re tamque immensa
posse fieri; sin autem qui arbitrantur, deducendi sunt ad
eos, qui haec docent; omnia iam explicata et perpolita
adsequentur; sunt enim innumerabiles de his rebus libri
neque abditi neque obscuri: sed videant quid velint; ad
ludendumne an ad pugnandum arma sint sumpturi; aliud
enim pugna et acies, aliud ludus campusque noster desiderat;
ac tamen ars ipsa ludicra armorum et gladiatori et militi prodest
aliquid; sed animus acer et praesens et acutus idem
atque versutus invictos viros efficit non difficilius arte coniuncta.
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