
“A speech comes alive only if it rises from the heart, not if it floats on the lips.”
in The Erasmus Reader (1990), p. 130.
Ciceronianus (1528)
Ciceronianus is a treatise written by Desiderius Erasmus and published in 1528. It attacks the style of scholarly Latin written during the early 16th century, which style attempted to ape Cicero's Latin.
“A speech comes alive only if it rises from the heart, not if it floats on the lips.”
in The Erasmus Reader (1990), p. 130.
Ciceronianus (1528)
“We must learn how to imitate Cicero from Cicero himself. Let us imitate him as he imitated others.”
in The Erasmus Reader (1990), p. 130.
Ciceronianus (1528)