What is lost in the good or excellent translation is precisely the best.
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Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry.
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Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time.
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