De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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Quae quoniam iam aliunde non possumus,
sumenda sunt nobis ab eis ipsis, a quibus expilati
sumus; dum modo illa ad hanc civilem scientiam, quo
pertinent et quam intuentur, transferamus, neque, ut ante
dixi, omnem teramus in his discendis rebus aetatem; sed
cum fontis viderimus, quos nisi qui celeriter cognorit, numquam
cognoscet omnino, tum, quotienscumque opus erit,
ex eis tantum, quantum res petet, hauriemus;
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nam neque
tam est acris acies in naturis hominum et ingeniis, ut res
tantas quisquam nisi monstratas possit videre, neque tanta
tamen in rebus obscuritas, ut eas non penitus acri vir
ingenio cernat, si modo aspexerit. In hoc igitur tanto tam
immensoque campo cum liceat oratori vagari libere atque
ubicumque constiterit, consistere in suo, facile suppeditat
omnis apparatus ornatusque dicendi;
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