“A speech comes alive only if it rises from the heart, not if it floats on the lips.”
Desiderius Erasmus book Ciceronianus
in The Erasmus Reader (1990), p. 130.
Ciceronianus (1528)
Quotes from bookCiceronianus
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.
“We must learn how to imitate Cicero from Cicero himself. Let us imitate him as he imitated others.”
Desiderius Erasmus book Ciceronianus
in The Erasmus Reader (1990), p. 130.
Ciceronianus (1528)
