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vos aliam causam esse ullam putatis cur in tantis praemiis
eloquentiae, tanta voluptate dicendi, tanta laude, tanta
gratia, tanto honore, tam sint pauci semperque fuerint qui
in hoc labore versentur? obterendae sunt omnes voluptates,
relinquenda studia delectationis, ludus, iocus, convivium,
sermo paene est1 familiarium deserendus. qua re in hoc
genere labor offendit homines2 a studioque deterret, non
quo aut ingenia deficiant aut doctrina puerilis.
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