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Why Must Ancients, And Provided The Same Talent, Be Better Than Modern Authors? Free To Exploit The Vast Realm Of The Simpleand The Natural, They Did Not Have To Be Artificial In Order To Be Original (which Every Artist Aspires To Be).

A Wise Man Can And Should Stand Above His Times, Not So The Poet, But He Should Be Their Apex.

Lap-dogs And Blood-hounds Enjoy The Greatest Respect At Court; House-dogs And No Dogs At All Are Not Even Considered.

Profundity Easily Turns Into Dullness And Astuteness Deteriorates Into Wit. Be Guided By Natural Common Sense And It Will Accommodate Great And Small.

Those Who Want To Row On The Ocean Of Human Knowledge Do Not Get Far, And The Storm Drives Those Out Of Their Course Who Set Sail.