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There’s a line in the movie Dangerous Liaisons to the effect that one does not applaud the tenor for clearing his throat. I was reminded of it when I heard about President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize.
Paragone: Consiste nel chiarire un concetto paragonandolo a qualcuno o a qualcosa di ben noto, purché i termini di confronto siano intercambiabili. Es.: Applauding the tenor for clearing his throat, Lexington’s Notebook, October 2009, http://bit.ly/1rslgJ
De Arte Rhetorica Hodie
