# Institutio Oratoria 2.4.7

Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, Chapter 4. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/quintilian/institutio-oratoria/2.4.7

sterilia nullo labore vincuntur. ilia mihi in pueris natura minimum spei dederit, in qua ingenium iudicio praesumitur. materiam esse primum volo vel abundantiorem atque ultra quam oporteat fusam. multum inde decoquent anni, multum ratio limabit, aliquid velut usu ipso deteretur, sit modo unde excidi possit et quod exsculpi; erit autem, si non ab initio tenuem nimium laminam duxerimus et quam caelatura altior rumpat.

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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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