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Qua re oculorum est magna moderatio; nam
oris non est nimium mutanda species, ne aut ad ineptias aut
ad pravitatem aliquam deferamur; oculi sunt, quorum tum intentione,
tum remissione, tum coniectu, tum hilaritate motus
animorum significemus apte cum genere ipso orationis; est
enim actio quasi sermo corporis, quo magis menti congruens
esse debet; oculos autem natura nobis, ut equo aut leoni
saetas, caudam, auris, ad motus animorum declarandos dedit,
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