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spirit which governs thy body is that which is to the thine own intellect, and it is inclined to take pleasure j n WO rks similar to that which it accomplished in forming its body. And this is the reason that there is no woman, however ugly, who does not find a lover, unless she be monstrous. So remember to ascertain the defecfts of thy person and to avoid reproducing them in the figures thou dost compose.

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That painter who has coarse hands will portray the like in his works, and the same thing will occur in every limb unless he avoids this pitfall by longmstudy. Therefore, O painter, look well on that part of thy person which is most ugly, and by thy study make ample reparation for it, because if thou art bestial, bestial and without intellect will be thy figures, and similarly both the good and ill which thou hast in thee will be partially visible in thy compositions.

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Men and words are already made, and thou, painter, who knowest not how to make thy figures move, art like the orator who knows not how to employ his words.

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The movements of men are as varied as the cir-

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