# Institutio Oratoria 5.14.17

Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 5, Chapter 14. Latin.

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sed tum est necessaria illa summa connexio, cum intervenit ratio longior; alioqui sufficient intentio ac ratio: silent enim leges inter arma nec se expectari iubent, cum ei, qui exspectare velit, ante iniusta poena luenda sit quam iusta repetenda. ideoque id enthymema, quod est ex consequentibus, rationi simile dixerunt. sed et singula, interimque recte, ponuntur, ut ipsum illud silent leges inter arma;

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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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