“
[41]
As you,
Brutus, have such an admirable knowledge of all
these methods, it would be waste of time for me to
cite all their names or to give illustrations. I shall
therefore content myself merely with indicating this
topic. Our ideal orator then will speak in such a
manner that he will cast the same thought into a
number of different forms, will dwell on one point
and linger over the same idea.”
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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