De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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Nam
et attentum monent Graeci ut principio faciamus iudicem
et docilem; quae sunt utilia, sed non principi magis
propria quam reliquarum partium; faciliora etiam in principiis,
quod et attenti tum maxime sunt, cum omnia exspectant,
et dociles magis in initiis esse possunt; inlustriora
enim sunt, quae in principiis quam quae in mediis causis
dicuntur aut arguendo aut refellendo.
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Maximam autem
copiam principiorum ad iudicem aut adliciendum aut
incitandum ex eis locis trahemus, qui ad motus animorum
conficiendos inerunt in causa, quos tamen totos explicare
in principio non oportebit, sed tantum impelli iudicem
primo leviter, ut iam inclinato reliqua incumbat oratio.
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