True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907) American writer, poet, critic, editor
“Leaves From a Notebook,” Ponkapog Papers (1903)
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Though old the thought and oft exprest,
‘Tis his at last who says it best.James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) American diplomat, essayist, poet
“For an Autograph,” Under the Willows and Other Poems (1868)
