De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
Ecce praesentes duo prope aequales Sulpicius et Cotta. Quid tam inter se dissimile? quid tam in suo genere praestans? Limatus alter et subtilis, rem explicans propriis aptisque verbis; haeret in causa semper et quid iudici probandum sit cum acutissime vidit, omissis ceteris argumentis in eo mentem orationemque defigit; Sulpicius autem fortissimo quodam animi impetu, plenissima et maxima voce, summa contentione corporis et dignitate motus, verborum quoque ea gravitate et copia est, ut unus ad dicendum instructissimus a natura esse videatur.
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Ad nosmet ipsos iam revertor, quoniam sic fuimus semper comparati, ut hominum sermonibus quasi in aliquod contentionis iudicium vocaremur. Quid tam dissimile quam ego in dicendo et Antonius? cum ille is sit orator, ut nihil eo possit esse praestantius, ego autem, quamquam memet mei paenitet, cum hoc maxime tamen in comparatione coniungar. Videtisne, genus hoc quod sit Antoni? Forte, vehemens, commotum in agendo, praemunitum et ex omni parte causae saeptum, acre, acutum, enucleatum, in sua quaque re commorans, honeste cedens, acriter insequens, terrens, supplicans, summa orationis varietate, nulla nostrarum aurium satietate.
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