Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator), 5.11.11

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[11] Let me then give you separate examples of these classes of argument from the pages of Cicero; for where should I find better? The following passage from the pro Murena¹ is an instance of argument from the like:

For it happened that I myself when a candidate had two patricians as competitors, the one a man of the most unscrupulous and reckless character, the other a most excellent and respectable citizen. Yet I defeated Catiline by force of merit and Galba by my popularity.

Institutio Oratoria. Quintilian. Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator). Cambridge, Mass.. 1920-1922.

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[11] singula igitur horum generum ex Cicerone (nam unde potius?) exempla ponamus. simile est hoc pro Murena, etenim mihi ipsi accidit, it cum duobus patriciis, altero improbissimo et audacissimo altero modestissimo atque optimo viro, peterem; superavi tamen dignitate Catilinam, gratia Galbam.

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1. viii. 17. Sulpicius, one of Murena's accusers and an unsuccessful candidate for the consulship, had sought to depreciate Murena's birth. Cicero urges that even if Sulpicius' statements were true they would be irrelevant and cites his own case to support his argument.

Quintilian Institutio Oratoria 5.11.11

Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator)

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