Rhet gre 1394a5-8ῥᾴω (6) μὲν οὖν πορίσασθαι τὰ διὰ τῶν λόγων, χρησιμώτερα δὲ πρὸς (7) τὸ βουλεύσασθαι τὰ διὰ τῶν πραγμάτων· ὅμοια γὰρ ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ (8) πολὺ τὰ μέλλοντα τοῖς γεγονόσιν.
Rhys Roberts 1924 engBut while it is easier to supply parallels by inventing fables, it is more valuable for the political speaker to supply them by quoting what has actually happened, since in most respects the future will be like what the past has been.
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