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[10] Sed non praestat omnia: non est fortis oratio eius, quamvis elata sit; non est violenta nec torrens, quamvis effusa sit; non est perspicua, sed pura. " Desideres," inquis, " contra vitia aliquid aspere dici, contra pericula animose, contra fortunam superbe, [p. 156] contra ambitionem contumeliose, volo luxuriam obiurgari, libidinem traduci, inpotentiam frangi. Sit aliquid oratorie acre, tragice grande, comice exile." vis illum adsidere pusillae rei, verbis; ille rerum se magnitudini addixit, 1 eloquentiam velut umbram non hoc agens trahit.
1 addixit later MSS.; adduxit BA.
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