De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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ex eis enim fontibus,
unde ad omnia ornamenta dicendi praecepta sumuntur,
licebit etiam laudationem ornare neque illa elementa
desiderare, quae ut nemo tradat, quis est qui nesciat, quae
sint in homine laudanda? Positis enim eis rebus, quas
Crassus in illius orationis suae, quam contra conlegam censor
habuit, principio dixit: quae natura aut fortuna darentur
hominibus, in eis rebus se vinci posse animo aequo pati;
quae ipsi sibi homines parare possent, in eis rebus se pati
non posse vinci; qui laudabit quempiam, intelleget exponenda
sibi esse fortunae bona;
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ea sunt generis, pecuniae, propinquorum,
amicorum, opum, valetudinis, formae, virium, ingeni
et ceterarum rerum, quae sunt aut corporis aut extraneae; si
habuerit, bene rebus eis usum; si non habuerit, sapienter
caruisse; si amiserit, moderate tulisse; deinde, quid sapienter
is, quem laudet, quid liberaliter, quid fortiter, quid iuste, quid
magnifice, quid pie, quid grate, quid humaniter, quid denique
cum aliqua virtute aut fecerit aut tulerit: haec et quae sunt
eius generis facile videbit, qui volet laudare; et qui vituperare,
contraria.'
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