# Institutio Oratoria 1.10.35

Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, Chapter 10. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/quintilian/institutio-oratoria/1.10.35

nec sine causa summi viri etiam impensam huic scientiae operam dederunt. nam cum sit geometria divisa in numeros atque formas, numerorum quidem notitia non oratori modo, sed cuicunque saltem primis litteris erudito necessaria est. in causis vero vel frequentissime versari solet; in quibus actor, non dico, si circa summas trepidat, sed si digitorum saltem incerto aut indecoro gestu a computatione dissentit, iudicatur indoctus.

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Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, ed. Harold Edgeworth Butler. 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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