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But even in these cases in which we appear as
advocates, differences of character require careful
observation. For we introduce fictitious personages
and speak through other's lips, and we must therefore
allot the appropriate character to those to whom
we lend a voice. For example, Publius Clodius will
be represented in one way, Appius Caecus1 in
another, while Caecilius2 makes the father in his
comedy speak in quite a different manner from the
father in the comedy of Terence.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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