De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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Verum ut aliquando ad causas deducamus illum, quem
constituimus, et eas quidem, in quibus plusculum negoti
est, iudiciorum atque litium—riserit aliquis fortasse hoc
praeceptum; est enim non tam acutum quam necessarium
magisque monitoris non fatui quam eruditi magistri—hoc ei
primum praecipiemus, quascumque causas erit tractaturus,
ut eas diligenter penitusque cognoscat.
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Hoc in ludo non
praecipitur; faciles enim causae ad pueros deferuntur; lex
peregrinum vetat in murum ascendere; ascendit; hostis
reppulit: accusatur. Nihil est negoti eius modi causam
cognoscere; recte igitur nihil de causa discenda praecipiunt;
haec est enim in ludo causarum formula fere. At vero in
foro tabulae testimonia, pacta conventa stipulationes, cognationes
adfinitates, decreta responsa, vita denique eorum,
qui in causa versantur, tota cognoscenda est; quarum rerum
neglegentia plerasque causas et maxime privatas—sunt
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