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neque enim
quisquam est1 tam aversus a Musis qui non mandari versibus
aeternum suorum laborum praeconium2 facile patiatur.
Themistoclem illum, summum Athenis virum, dixisse aiunt,
cum ex eo quaereretur quod3 acroama4 aut cuius vocem libentissime
audiret: 'eius a quo sua virtus optime praedicaretur.'
itaque ille Marius item5 eximie L. Plotium dilexit, cuius ingenio
putabat ea quae gesserat posse celebrari.
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