zlacker

That's an interesting quotation, but it doesn't sound like the problem with Curio's was too much nuance. If anything, very plain (albeit clear) speech has a lack of nuance.

>>quietb+(OP)
I think GP is trying to make the opposite point, that Calvus (not Curio) introduced too much nuance in his speech, making himself a less effective orator.

>>quietb+(OP)
I don't think I've seen an author's point demonstrated so neatly in the comments ever before.

>>quietb+(OP)
You've found yourself in the "95%"

>>quietb+(OP)
That whole paragraph is almost exclusively about Calvus; Curio is only mentioned once, in passing.

>>useful+ot
So he's just a curio?

(Hm, is that the etymology?)