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De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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Atque haec
quidem ab eis philosophis, quos tu maxime diligis, Catule,
dicta sunt; quod eo saepius testificor, ut auctoribus laudandis
ineptiarum crimen effugiam.' 'Quarum tandem?'
inquit Catulus 'aut quid disputatione ista adferri potest
elegantius aut omnino dici subtilius?'
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'At enim vereor,'
inquit Crassus 'ne haec aut difficiliora istis ad persequendum
esse videantur aut, quia non traduntur in vulgari ista
disciplina, nos ea maiora ac difficiliora videri velle videamur.'
Tum Catulus 'erras,' inquit 'Crasse, si aut me aut
horum quemquam putas a te haec opera cotidiana et
pervagata exspectare. Ista, quae dicis, dici volumus; neque
tam dici quam isto dici modo; neque tibi hoc pro me
solum, sed pro his omnibus sine ulla dubitatione respondeo.'
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