How vain is painting, which is admired for reproducing the likeness of things whose originals are not admired.
Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.
How vain painting is, exciting admiration by its resemblance to things of which we do not admire the originals.
Eloquence is the painting of thought.
How vain painting is-we admire the realistic depiction of objects which in their original state we don't admire at all.