De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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Nolo exprimi litteras putidius,
nolo obscurari neglegentius; nolo verba exiliter exanimata
exire, nolo inflata et quasi anhelata gravius. Nam de voce
nondum ea dico, quae sunt actionis, sed hoc, quod mihi
cum sermone quasi coniunctum videtur: sunt enim certa
vitia, quae nemo est quin effugere cupiat; mollis vox aut
muliebris aut quasi extra modum absona atque absurda.
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Est autem vitium, quod non nulli de industria consectantur:
rustica vox et agrestis quosdam delectat, quo magis antiquitatem,
si ita sonet, eorum sermo retinere videatur; ut tuus,
Catule, sodalis, L. Cotta, gaudere mihi videtur gravitate
linguae sonoque vocis agresti et illud, quod loquitur, priscum
visum iri putat, si plane fuerit rusticanum. Me autem
tuus sonus et subtilitas ista delectat, omitto verborum,
quamquam est caput; verum id adfert ratio, docent litterae,
confirmat consuetudo et legendi et loquendi; sed hanc dico
suavitatem, quae exit ex ore; quae quidem ut apud Graecos
Atticorum, sic in Latino sermone huius est urbis maxime
propria.
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