2159. A new sentence affirmative of a foregoing is often introduced by
an emphatic #sīc# or #ita#.
These words often introduce a general truth which is deduced from the
first statement.
#vīsne igitur tē īnspiciāmus ā puerō? sīc opīnor; ā prīncipiō ōrdiāmur#,
_Ph._ 2, 44, _would you like to have us look into your record from
boyhood? Yes, I think it would be well; let us begin at the beginning._
#quī dīligēbant hunc, illī favēbant. sīc est volgus: ex vēritāte pauca,
ex opīniōne multa aestimat#, _RC._ 29, _everybody who loved him, smiled
on the other man. Yes, that is always the way of the world: it seldom
judges by truth, often by hearsay._