He is an eloquent man who can speak of low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper.
He is an eloquent man who can speak of low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper.
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893)
Printed citation: Cic. · page_143
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Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.
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