Saturday, April 11, 2026

Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE)

“(In my opinion at least) there are three things which an Orator should be able to effect; viz., to inform his hearers, to please them, and to move their passions.”

  • From Cicero’s Brutus or History of Famous Orators, translated by E. Jones (published 1843).

 

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