Metellus Nepos said to him, ‘You have caused the death of more men by your testimony than you have saved by your advocacy.’ ‘Yes,’ said Cicero, ‘the reason is that I am endowed with more credibility than eloquence !’ 1
1 Ibid. chap. xxvi. (873 F); Moralia, 541 F.
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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