De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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Quatenus autem sint ridicula tractanda oratori, perquam diligenter videndum est, quod in quarto loco quaerendi posueramus. Nam nec insignis improbitas et scelere iuncta nec rursus miseria insignis agitata ridetur: facinerosos enim maiore quadam vi quam ridiculi vulnerari volunt; miseros inludi nolunt, nisi se forte iactant; parcendum autem maxime est caritati hominum, ne temere in eos dicas, qui diliguntur.
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Haec igitur adhibenda est primum in iocando moderatio; itaque ea facillime luduntur, quae neque odio magno neque misericordia maxima digna sunt; quam ob rem materies omnis ridiculorum est in eis vitiis, quae sunt in vita hominum neque carorum neque calamitosorum neque eorum, qui ob facinus ad supplicium rapiendi videntur; eaque belle agitata ridentur.
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