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Sed quando utendum sit aut non sit narratione,
id est consili; neque enim si nota res est nec dubium quid
gestum sit, narrare oportet, nec si adversarius narravit, nisi
si refellemus; ac si quando erit narrandum, nec illa, quae
suspicionem et crimen efficient contraque nos erunt, acriter
persequemur et, quicquid potuerit, detrahemus; ne illud,
quod Crassus, si quando fiat, perfidia, non stultitia fieri
putat, ut causae noceamus, accidat. Nam ad summam
totius causae pertinet, caute an contra demonstrata res sit,
quod omnis orationis reliquae fons est narratio.
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