De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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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