# Institutio Oratoria 7.4.2

Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 7, Chapter 4. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/quintilian/institutio-oratoria/7.4.2

ut, si Caesar deliberet, an Britanniam impugnet, quae sit Oceani natura, an Britanniam insula (nam tum ignorabatur), quanta in ea terra, quo numero militum aggredienda, in consilium ferendum sit. eidem qualitati succedunt facienda ac non facienda, appetenda, vitanda; quae in suasorias quidem maxime cadunt, sed in controversiis quoque sunt frequentia, hac sola differentia, quod illic de futuris hic de factis agitur.

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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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