De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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At Numerius Furius, noster familiaris, cum est commodum,
cantat; est enim paterfamilias, est eques Romanus; puer
didicit quod discendum fuit. Eadem ratio est harum
artium maximarum; dies et noctis virum summa virtute
et prudentia videbamus, philosopho cum operam daret,
Q. Tuberonem; at eius avunculum vix intellegeres id agere,
cum ageret tamen, Africanum. Ista discuntur facile, si et
tantum sumas, quantum opus sit, et habeas qui docere
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fideliter possit et scias etiam ipse discere, sed si tota vita
nihil velis aliud agere, ipsa tractatio et quaestio cotidie ex
se gignit aliquid, quod cum desidiosa delectatione vestiges.
Ita fit, ut agitatio rerum sit infinita, cognitio facilis, si usus
doctrinam confirmet, mediocris opera tribuatur, memoria
studiumque permaneat. Libet autem semper discere; ut si
velim ego talis optime ludere aut pilae studio tenear, etiam
fortasse, si adsequi non possim; at alii, quia praeclare
faciunt, vehementius, quam causa postulat, delectantur, ut
Titius pila, Brulla talis.
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