# Institutio Oratoria 1.14

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/quintilian/institutio-oratoria/1.14

ea vero destituta infirmioribus ingeniis velut praedae fuit. inde quidam, contempto bene dicendi labore, ad formandos animos statuendasque vitae leges regressi partem quidem potiorem, si dividi posset, retinuerunt; nomen tamen sibi insolentissimum arrogaverunt, ut soli studiosi sapientiae vocarentur, quod neque summi imperatores neque in consiliis rerum maximarum ac totius administratione rei publicae clarissime versati sibi unquam vindicare sunt ausi. facere enim optima quam promittere maluerunt.

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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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