[3]
Cicero, on the other hand, was
regarded as being unduly addicted to jests, not
merely outside the courts, but in his actual speeches
as well. Personally (though whether I am right in
this view, or have been led astray by an exaggerated
admiration for the prince of orators, I cannot say),
[p. 441]
I regard him as being the possessor of a remarkable
turn of wit. For his daily speech was full of humour,
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