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Caput autem est, quod (ut vere dicam) minime facimus (est enim magni laboris, quern plerique fugimus) quam plurimum scribere. Cicero de. Orat. - But the chief thing, which (to tell the truth) we do not do at all (for it takes great labor, and most of us shirk it) is to write as much as possible. At the same time he observes that, should the speaker only avail himself in part of the habit of writing, the remainder of his address will partake more or less of the style of correct composition.