De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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Stoicos autem, quos minime improbo, dimitto tamen
nec eos iratos vereor, quoniam omnino irasci nesciunt;
atque hanc eis habeo gratiam, quod soli ex omnibus eloquentiam
virtutem ac sapientiam esse dixerunt. Sed nimirum
est in his, quod ab hoc, quem instruimus oratore, valde
abhorreat; vel quod omnis, qui sapientes non sint, servos,
latrones, hostis, insanos esse dicunt, neque tamen quemquam
esse sapientem: valde autem est absurdum ei contionem
aut senatum aut ullum coetum hominum committere,
cui nemo illorum, qui adsint, sanus, nemo civis, nemo
liber esse videatur.
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Accedit quod orationis etiam genus
habent fortasse subtile et certe acutum, sed, ut in oratore,
exile, inusitatum, abhorrens ab auribus vulgi, obscurum,
inane, ieiunum, ac tamen eius modi, quo uti ad vulgus nullo
modo possit: alia enim et bona et mala videntur Stoicis et
ceteris civibus vel potius gentibus; alia vis honoris, ignominiae,
praemi, supplici; vere an secus nihil ad hoc
tempus; sed ea si sequamur, nullam umquam rem dicendo
expedire possimus.
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