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“For as lack of adornment is said to become some women, so this subtle oration, though without embellishment, gives delight.”
Provenance
- Source:
- De Oratore. 78.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- a3996a4113411372b3de30a69fb5b372dd36f8abfe854baa4781e274a1a717b2
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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