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It was well said by Themistocles, to the king of Persia, That speech was like cloth of Arras, opened and put abroad; whereby the imagery doth appear in figure; whereas in thoughts they lie but as in packs. In a word, a man were better relate himself to a statua, or picture, than to suffer his thoughts to pass in smother.
In a word, a man were better relate himself to a statua or a picture, than to suffer his thoughts to pass in smother."
From Tomb of Giulinto de' Medici. Michelangelo Cf. Crowe and Cavalcaselle, op. cit. vol. i. p. 127, note 4. Eccellenza della Statua di S. Giorgio di Donatello: Marescotti, 1684.
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