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imitation is much more perfect, and is so successful as to 

 deceive almost anybody. False jewels, as well as true, shine, 

 and draw upon those who wear them, the same admiration, 

 envy, and hatred, that the real ones would; whilst no one is 

 deceived by the painting. The birds which, according to 

 Pliny, wanted to eat the grapes by Zeuxis, would not be 

 so taken in now-a-days ; there does not exist any bird so silly 

 as to attempt to build its nest in a painted tree. 



" What ! and is it to pay so dearly for feeble imitations 

 of all the beautiful things we can have for nothing, that men 

 ruin themselves; fiU their lives with anxieties and cares, and 

 stuff their pillows with thorns ? 



" No, no ; it is you who are joking and who are laughing 

 at me ; or else I must believe that you, and all who resemble 

 you, are downright madmen." 



