hac enim fronte possemus fluminibus aquas, silvis ligna transmittere; hac [enim] temeritate Apellen peniculo, caelo Phidian, malleo Polyclitum muneraremur.
With effrontery of this sort one might send water to the rivers or timber to the forest; with rashness of this sort one might present Apelles with a brush, Phidias with a chisel, or Polyclitus with a mallet.
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