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    "Institutio Oratoria (Institutes of Oratory)". Book by Quintilian (Book VIII, Chapter II), circa 95 AD.
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We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us. - Quintilian
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