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Narrare vero rem quod breviter iubent, si brevitas appellanda
est, cum verbum nullum redundat, brevis est L. Crassi
oratio; sin tum est brevitas, cum tantum verborum est
quantum necesse est, aliquando id opus est; sed saepe
obest vel maxime in narrando, non solum quod obscuritatem
adfert, sed etiam quod eam virtutem, quae narrationis
est maxima, ut iucunda et ad persuadendum accommodata
sit, tollit. Videant illa
nam is postquam excessit ex ephebis ...
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