Cicero on Plutarch

“Cicero said loud-bawling orators were driven by their weakness to noise, as lame men to take horse.”

“After the battle in Pharsalia, when Pompey was fled, one Nonius said they had seven eagles left still, and advised to try what they would do. "Your advice," said Cicero, "were good if we were to fight jackdaws."”

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