# Institutio Oratoria 5.13.2

Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 5, Chapter 13. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/quintilian/institutio-oratoria/5.13.2

adfectus plerumque haec pars mitiores habet. non sine causa tamen difficilius semper est creditum, quod Cicero saepe testatur, defendere quam accusare. primum , quod est res illa simplicior, proponitur enim uno modo, dissolvitur varie, cum accusatori satis sit plerumque, verum esse id, quod obiecerit, patronus neget, defendat, transferat, excuset, deprecetur, molliat, minuat, avertat, despiciat, derideat. quare inde recta fere atque, ut sic dixerim, clamosa est actio; hinc mille flexus et artes desiderantur.

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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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