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C. Macer auctoritate semper eguit, sed fuit
patronus propemodum diligentissimus. Huius si vita, si
[p. 1071]
mores, si vultus denique non omnem commendationem
ingeni everteret, maius nomen in patronis fuisset. Non
erat abundans, non inops tamen; non valde nitens, non
plane horrida oratio; vox gestus et omnis actio sine lepore;
at in inveniendis componendisque rebus mira accuratio1, ut
non facile in ullo diligentiorem maioremque cognoverim,
sed eam ut citius veteratoriam quam oratoriam diceres.
Hic etsi etiam in publicis causis probabatur, tamen in
privatis inlustriorem obtinebat locum.
1 accuratio L: cura ac ratio Madvig
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