Excerpt from French and Italian Author, Vol. 3: With English Translations Although quotation may, no doubt, be carried to excess, yet there is frequently as much ability in making a happy application of a thought of another writer as in its first conception. Like the busy bee, who gathers honey from every flower, the diligent student rejoices when he finds a beautiful expression to set off his subject. Cicero drew largely on Greek writers to illustrate his works, and did not think it nu worthy of his genius to be ...
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Excerpt from French and Italian Author, Vol. 3: With English Translations Although quotation may, no doubt, be carried to excess, yet there is frequently as much ability in making a happy application of a thought of another writer as in its first conception. Like the busy bee, who gathers honey from every flower, the diligent student rejoices when he finds a beautiful expression to set off his subject. Cicero drew largely on Greek writers to illustrate his works, and did not think it nu worthy of his genius to be indebted to those who had preceded him. Socrates says in Plato (phaedr. C. That he was himself like avessel, which was continu ally filled with water flowing from different springs, with which he refreshedihis pupils. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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