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Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 12.10.75

lat quintilian phi001 perseus lat2

ubi vero quid exquisitius dictum accidit auribus imperitorum, qualecunque id est, quod modo se ipsi posse desperent, habet admirationem, neque immerito; nam ne illud quidem facile est. sed evanescunt hac atque emoriuntur comparatione meliorum, ut lana tincta fuco citra purpuras placet; at si contuleris Tyriae eam lacernae, conspectu melioris obruatur, ut Ovidius ait.

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