Antigenidas tibicen discipulo suo, magni profectus sed parum feliciter populo se approbanti, cunctis audientibus dixit mihi cane et Musis, quia videlicet perfecta ars Fortunae lenocinio defecta iusta fiducia non exuitur, quamque se scit laudem mereri, eam si ab aliis non impetrat, domestico tamen acceptam iudicio refert.
Antigenidas the flute player said in everybodys hearing to a pupil who had made great progress but lacked success in popular approval, Play to me and the Muses. He clearly meant that consummate art failing the blandishments of Fortune is not stripped of well-founded confidence and by its own private judgment credits itself with the praise it knows it deserves, even if that is denied it from others.
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