# On Oratory 1.252

Cicero, On Oratory, urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi037.perseus-lat2, Book 1. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/cicero/on-oratory/1.252

Quod si in gestu, qui multum oratorem adiuvat, et in voce, quae una maxime eloquentiam vel commendat vel sustinet, elaborare nobis non licet ac tantum in utroque adsequi possumus, quantum in hac acie cotidiani muneris spati nobis datur, quanto minus est ad iuris civilis perdiscendi occupationem descendendum? Quod et summatim percipi sine doctrina potest et hanc habet ab illis rebus dissimilitudinem, quod vox et gestus subito sumi et aliunde adripi non potest, iuris utilitas ad quamque causam quamvis repente vel a peritis vel de libris depromi potest.

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Cicero, On Oratory, ed. Augustus Samuel Wilkins. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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