[24]
It will be wise
too for him to insert some words of praise for
his audience, since this will secure their good
will, and wherever it is possible this should be done
in such a manner as to advance his case. Literature
[p. 477]
will win less praise at Sparta than at Athens, endurance and courage more. Among some races the life
of a freebooter is accounted honourable, while others
regard it as a duty to respect the laws. Frugality
might perhaps be unpopular with the Sybarites,
whilst luxury was regarded as a crime by the ancient Romans.
Quintilian. With an English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1920.
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