# Institutio Oratoria 2.17.12

Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, Chapter 17. Latin.

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ad cuius rei confirmationem adferunt, Demaden remigem, et Aeschinen hypocriten oratores fuisse. falso ; nam neque orator esse, qui non didicit, potest, et hos sero potius quam nunquam didicisse quis dixerit, quanquam Aeschines ab initio sit versatus in litteris, quas pater eius etiam docebat, Demaden neque non didicisse certum sit, et continua dicendi exercitatio potuerit tantum, quantuscunque postea fuit, fecisse; nam id potentissimum discendi genus est.

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