Ρώτησα μερικούς σοφούς, αν έπλητταν όσο κι' εγώ σ' αυτό το διάβασμα: όλοι οι ειλικρινείς άνθρωποι μου ομολογήσανε, πως το βιβλίο τους έπεφτε απ' τα χέρια, αλλ' έπρεπε πάντα να το έχουνε στη βιβλιοθήκη, σαν ένα μνηνείο της αρχαιότητας, όπως αυτά τα σκουριασμένα νομίσματα, που δεν περνούνε πια.
I have asked some learned men, whether they are not in reality as much tired as myself with reading this poet: those who spoke ingenuously, assured me that he had made them fall asleep, and yet that they could not well avoid giving him a place in their libraries; but that it was merely as they would do an antique, or those rusty medals which are kept only for curiosity, and are of no manner of use in commerce."