Aesopi nomen sicubi interposuero, cui reddidi iam pridem quicquid debui, auctoritatis esse scito gratia; ut quidam artifices nostro faciunt saeculo, qui pretium operibus maius inveniunt novis si marmori adscripserunt Praxitelen suo, detrito Myn argento, tabulae Zeuxidem.
I have already paid to Aesop whatever I owed him by way of acknowledgment, and if I bring in his name hereafter anywhere, you must know that it is for the sake of his prestige, just as certain artists nowadays succeed in getting a higher price for their new productions if they inscribe the name of Praxiteles on their marbles, Mys on their polished silver, and Zeuxis on their paintings.
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