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Quotes from Praise of eloquence — Philip Melanchthon

1497–1560 Germany

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What do you believe was on the mind ancient Romans that they called the arts of speaking humanity? They judged that, indisputably, by the study of these disciplines not only was the tongue refined, but also the wildness and barbarity of people’s minds was amended.

Praise of eloquence (1523)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Philip Melanchthon (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.