Nam quae, malum, ratio est linguam mundam et laetam, vocem contra spurcam et taetram possidere, viperae ritu niveo denticulo atrum venenum inspirare? Ceterum qui sese sciat orationem prompturum neque inutilem neque iniucundam, eius merito os, ut bono potui poculum, praelavitur.
For what sense is there, confound it, in possessing a clean, pleasing mouth and at the same time a filthy, foul voice'in injecting black venom with a white fang like a viper? If however someone knows that the speech he is about to make is not unhelpful or unpleasant, he rightly begins by washing his mouth, as one washes a cup for a healthy drink.
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