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

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

Quintilian

Institutio Oratoria

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Topic

Eloquence Rhetoric

Author

Quintilian

Source

Institutio Oratoria

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

95 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Rhetorician Writer

From

Spain Europe

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Citation

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

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 3:4-5).

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Original Citation

Caesar, Julius. Quoted in "Julius Caesar." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. c. 2nd century BC, ch. 50, sect. 2.

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