De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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Equidem primum considerare soleo, postuletne
causa; nam neque parvis in rebus adhibendae sunt hae
dicendi faces neque ita animatis hominibus, ut nihil ad
eorum mentis oratione flectendas proficere possimus, ne
aut inrisione aut odio digni putemur, si aut tragoedias
agamus in nugis aut convellere adoriamur ea, quae non
possint commoveri.
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Iam quoniam haec fere maxime sunt
in iudicum animis aut, quicumque illi erunt, apud quos
agemus, oratione molienda, amor odium iracundia, invidia
misericordia, spes laetitia, timor molestia: sentimus amorem
conciliari, si id iure videamur, quod sit utile ipsis, apud
quos agamus, defendere, aut si pro bonis viris aut certe pro
eis, qui illis boni atque utiles sint, laborare, namque haec
res amorem magis conciliat, illa virtutis defensio caritatem;
plusque proficit, si proponitur spes utilitatis futurae quam
praeteriti benefici commemoratio.
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