De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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Etenim permulta
sunt in causis in omni parte orationis circumspicienda,
ne quid offendas, ne quo inruas: saepe aliqui testis
aut non laedit aut minus laedit, nisi lacessatur; orat reus,
urgent advocati, ut invehamur, ut male dicamus, denique
ut interrogemus: non moveor, non obtempero, non satis
facio; neque tamen ullam adsequor laudem; homines enim
imperiti facilius quod stulte dixeris reprehendere quam
quod sapienter tacueris laudare possunt.
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Hic quantum fit
mali, si iratum, si non stultum, si non levem testem laeseris!
Habet enim et voluntatem nocendi in iracundia et vim in
ingenio et pondus in vita. Nec, si hoc Crassus non committit,
ideo non multi et saepe committunt. Quo quidem
mihi turpius videri nihil solet, quam quod ex oratoris dicto
aliquo aut responso aut rogato sermo ille sequitur: "occidit."
"Adversariumne?" "Immo vero" aiunt "se et eum, quem
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