De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
Neque vero istis tragoediis tuis, quibus uti philosophi maxime solent, Crasse, perturbor, quod ita dixisti, neminem posse eorum mentis, qui audirent, aut inflammare dicendo aut inflammatas restinguere, cum eo maxime vis oratoris magnitudoque cernatur, nisi qui rerum omnium naturam et mores hominum atque rationes penitus perspexerit, in quo philosophia sit oratori necessario percipienda; quo in studio hominum quoque ingeniosissimorum otiosissimorumque totas aetates videmus esse contritas. Quorum ego copiam magnitudinemque cognitionis atque artis non modo non contemno, sed etiam vehementer admiror; nobis tamen, qui in hoc populo foroque versamur, satis est ea de motibus animorum et scire et dicere quae non abhorrent ab hominum moribus.
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Quis enim umquam orator magnus et gravis, cum iratum adversario iudicem facere vellet, haesitavit ob eam causam, quod nesciret, quid esset iracundia, fervorne mentis an cupiditas puniendi doloris? Quis, cum ceteros animorum motus aut iudicibus aut populo dicendo miscere atque agitare vellet, ea dixit, quae a philosophis dici solent? qui partim omnino motus negant in animis ullos esse debere, quique eos in iudicum mentibus concitent, scelus eos nefarium facere; partim, qui tolerabiliores volunt esse et ad veritatem vitae propius accedere, permediocris ac potius levis motus debere esse dicunt.
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