[89]
With regard
to foreign nations, Cicero's practice varies. When
he intends to disparage the credibility of Greek
witnesses he admits their distinction in learning
and literature and professes his admiration for their
nation.1 On the other hand, he has nothing but
contempt for the Sardinians2 and attacks the Allobroges as the enemies of Rome.3 In all these cases
none of his remarks, at the time they were made,
were inconsistent with or adverse to the claims of
decorum.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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