De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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Qua re nihil est quod quisquam
magnitudinem artium ex eo, quod senes discunt, pertimescat,
namque aut senes ad eas accesserunt aut usque
ad senectutem in studiis detinentur aut sunt tardissimi; res
quidem se mea sententia sic habet, ut, nisi quod quisque
cito potuerit, numquam omnino possit perdiscere.'
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'Iam,
iam,' inquit Catulus 'intellego, Crasse, quid dicas; et hercule
adsentior; satis video tibi homini ad perdiscendum
acerrimo ad ea cognoscenda, quae dicis, fuisse temporis.'
'Pergisne' inquit Crassus 'me, quae dicam, de me, non de
re putare dicere? Sed iam, si placet, ad instituta redeamus.'
'Mihi vero' Catulus inquit 'placet.'
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