De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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Ita sit nobis igitur ornatus et suavis orator—nec tamen
potest aliter esse—ut suavitatem habeat austeram et solidam,
non dulcem atque decoctam. Nam ipsa ad ornandum
praecepta, quae dantur, eius modi sunt, ut ea quivis vel
vitiosissimus orator explicare possit; qua re, ut ante dixi,
primum silva rerum ac sententiarum comparanda est, qua
de parte dixit Antonius; haec formanda filo ipso et genere
orationis, inluminanda verbis, varianda sententiis.
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Summa autem laus eloquentiae est amplificare rem ornando,
quod valet non solum ad augendum aliquid et tollendum
altius dicendo, sed etiam ad extenuandum atque abiciendum.
Id desideratur omnibus eis in locis, quos ad fidem
orationis faciendam adhiberi dixit Antonius, vel cum explanamus
aliquid vel cum conciliamus animos vel cum concitamus,
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