يسعدني كثيراً أن أصادف في مؤلّف يوناني أو لاتيني قديم مقطعاً لم يُبتذل بعد، ولم أقرأه قط في أيّ اقتباس.

“I am wonderfully pleased when I meet with any passage in an old Greek or Latin author, that is not blown upon, and which I have never met with in any quotation.”Joseph Addison — The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp. Hurd's Edition, with Letters and Other Pieces Not Found in Any Previous Collection; and Macaulay's Essay on His Life and Works (1868)