# Divus Augustus 86.3

Suetonius, Divus Augustus, Chapter 86. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/suetonius/divus-augustus/86.3

'tuque dubitas, Cimberne Annius an Veranius Flaccus imitandi sint tibi, ita ut uerbis, quae Crispus Sallustius excerpsit ex Originibus Catonis, utaris? an potius Asiaticorum oratorum inanis sententiis uerborum uolubilitas in nostrum sermonem transferenda?' et quadam epistula Agrippinae neptis ingenium conlaudans: 'sed opus est,' inquit, 'dare te operam, ne moleste scribas et loquaris.'

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Suetonius, Divus Augustus, ed. Maximilian Ihm. 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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