Nec tamen est admirandum, si propter ignotitiam artis virtutes obscurantur, sed maxime indignandum, cum etiam saepe blandiatur gratia conviviorum a veris iudiciis ad falsam probationem.
Yet we must not be surprised if excellence is in obscurity through the public ignorance of craftsmanship. But we ought to be specially indignant when also, as often happens, social influence beguiles men from exact judgments to a feigned approval.
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