For it is feeling and force of imagination that makes us eloquent.

pectus est enim, quod disertos facit, et vis mentis.

Institutio Oratoria

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Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria [Institutes of Oratory]. c. 95 AD, bk. 10, ch. 7, sect. 15.

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A quote by Quintilian about eloquence: “For it is feeling and force of imagination that makes us eloquent.”

A quote by Quintilian about eloquence: “For it is feeling and force of imagination that makes us eloquent.”

A quote by Quintilian about eloquence: “For it is feeling and force of imagination that makes us eloquent.”