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Cicero
Brutus, or On Eminent Orators Passage 111
Passage 111 of 334
Canonical reference 111
Latin
perseus-cicero-brutus-lat
quid dicam opus esse doctrina? sine qua etiam si quid bene dicitur adiuvante natura, tamen id, quia fortuito fit, semper paratum esse non potest. In Scauri oratione, sapientis hominis et recti, gravitas summa et naturalis quaedam inerat auctoritas, non ut causam, sed ut testimonium dicere putares, cum pro reo diceret .
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
"Why need I say that learning is necessary? Without it, even if something is said well with nature's assistance, the ability cannot always be ready, because its success is accidental. In the speech of Scaurus, a wise and upright man, there was supreme weight and a certain natural authority. Even when he spoke for a defendant, you would have thought that he was giving testimony rather than pleading a case."
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
«Que dirai-je de la nécessité du savoir? Sans lui, même si l'aide de la nature fait bien dire quelque chose, ce résultat, puisqu'il vient du hasard, ne peut être constamment disponible. Dans la parole de Scaurus, homme sage et droit, résidaient une gravité extrême et une sorte d'autorité naturelle; lorsqu'il défendait un accusé, on aurait cru qu'il rendait un témoignage plutôt qu'il ne plaidait une cause.»
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