De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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qua re in hac nostra actione secundum vocem vultus valet;
is autem oculis gubernatur. Atque in eis omnibus, quae sunt
actionis, inest quaedam vis a natura data; qua re etiam hac
imperiti, hac vulgus, hac denique barbari maxime commoventur:
verba enim neminem movent nisi eum, qui eiusdem
linguae societate coniunctus est, sententiaeque saepe
acutae non acutorum hominum sensus praetervolant: actio,
quae prae se motum animi fert, omnis movet; isdem enim
omnium animi motibus concitantur et eos isdem notis et in
aliis agnoscunt et in se ipsi indicant.
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Ad actionis autem
usum atque laudem maximam sine dubio partem vox
obtinet; quae primum est optanda nobis; deinde, quaecumque
erit, ea tuenda; de quo illud iam nihil ad hoc
praecipiendi genus, quem ad modum voci serviatur: equidem
tamen magno opere censeo serviendum; sed illud
videtur ab huius nostri sermonis officio non abhorrere,
quod, ut dixi paulo ante, plurimis in rebus quod maxime
est utile, id nescio quo pacto etiam decet maxime. Nam
ad vocem obtinendam nihil est utilius quam crebra mutatio;
nihil perniciosius quam effusa sine intermissione contentio.
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