Non in totum aevum tamen vocem desuescebant, nec omnes pari tempore elingues magistrum sectabantur, sed gravioribus viris brevi spatio satis videbatur taciturnitas modificata, loquaciores enimvero ferme in quinquennium velut exsilio vocis puniebantur.
Yet it was not for the rest of their lives that they lost the use of speech, and they were not all voiceless at the same time as they followed the master: for the more serious, a limited silence for a short time was thought enough, while the more talkative were punished with a sort of vocal exile for about five years.
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