Apologia
Clara Liang / APOLOGIA APVLEII
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Latin
English
De eloquentia uero , si qua mihi fuisset , neque mirum neque inuidiosum deberet uideri , si ab ineunte aeuo unis studiis litterarum ex summis uiribus deditus omnibus aliis spretis uoluptatibus ad hoc aeui haud sciam anne super omnis homines impenso labore diuque noctuque cum despectu et dispendio bonae valetudinis eam quaesissem .
In
fact
,
concerning
eloquence
:
if
I
had
any
,
it
shouldn
'
t
seem
shocking
or
enviable
if
from
my
youth
I
dedicated
myself
only
to
literary
studies
with
the
best
men
,
with
all
other
desires
spurned
,
or
if
more
than
other
men
,
I
sought
eloquence
with
considerable
labor
both
day
and
night
,
with
a
downward
view
and
at
the
cost
of
good
health
.