# Institutio Oratoria 5.10.27-29

Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, 5.10.27 to 5.10.29. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/quintilian/institutio-oratoria/5.10.27

etenim avaritia, iracundia, misericordia, crudelitas, severitas aliaque his similia adferunt frequenter fidem aut detrahunt, sicut victus luxuriosus an frugi an sordidus, quaeritur; studia quoque, nam rusticus, forensis, negotiator, miles, navigator, medicus aliud atque aliud efficiunt. intuendum etiam, quid adfectet quisque, locuples videri an disertus, iustus an potens. spectantur ante acta dictaque, ex praeteritis enim aestimari solent praesentia. his adiiciunt quidam commotionem; hanc accipi volunt temporarium animi motum, sicut iram, pavorem; consilia autem et praesentis et praeteriti et futuri temporis; quae mihi, etiamsi personis accidunt, per se referenda tamen ad illam partem argumentorum videntur, quam ex causis ducimus; sicut habitus quidam animi, quo tractatur, amicus an inimicus. ponunt in persona et nomen;

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Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, ed. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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