Minucius Felix, Octavius 39
When Octavius had finished speaking, we sat stunned for some time, our faces fixed in silence. As for me, I was overcome by the sheer force of admiration. He had adorned what is easier to feel than to say with arguments, examples, and the authority of texts. He had turned back the malicious with the very weapons of the philosophers with which they arm themselves. And he had shown that truth is not only easy but also favorable.
Latin
Cum Octauius perorasset, aliquamdiu nos ad silentium stupefacti intentos uultus tenebamus, et quod ad me est, magnitudine admirationis euanui, quod ea, quae facilius est sentire quam dicere, et argumentis et exemplis et lectionum auctoritatibus adornasset, et quod maleuolos isdem illis quibus armantur, philosophorum telis retudisset, ostendisset etiam ueritatem non tantummodo facilem sed et fauorabilem.