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ante omnia igitur imitatio per se ipsa non sufficit,
vel quia pigri est ingenii contentum esse iis, quae
sint ab allis inventa. quid enim futurum erat
temporibus illis, quae sine exemplo fuerunt, si
homines nihil, nisi quod iam cognovissent, faciendum
sibi aut cogitandum putassent? nempe nihil fuisset
inventum.
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