# Institutio Oratoria 1.6.42

Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, Chapter 6. Latin.

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similis circa auctoritatem ratio. nam etiamsi potest videri nihil peccare, qui utitur iis verbis, quae summi auctores tradiderunt, multum tamen refert non solum, quid dixerint, sed etiam quid persuaserint. neque enim tuburchinabundum et lurchinabundum iam in nobis quisquam ferat, licet Cato sit auctor, nec hos lodices, quanquam id Pollioni placet, nec gladiola, atqui Messala dixit, nec parricidatum, quod in Caelio vix tolerabile videtur, nec collos mihi Calvus persuaserit; quae nec ipsi iam dicerent.

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