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omnis igitur probatio artificialis constat aut
signis aut argumentis aut exemplis. nec ignoro
plerisque videri signa partem argumentorum. quae
mihi separandi ratio haec fuit prima, quod sunt
paene ex illis inartificialibus; cruenta enim vestis
et clamor et livor et talia sunt instrumenta, qualia
tabulae, rumores, testes; nec inveniuntur ab oratore,
sed ad eum cum ipsa causa deferuntur;
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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