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"It is said of Muad’Dib that once when he saw a weed trying to grow between two rocks, he moved one of the rocks. Later, when the weed was seen to be flourishing, he covered it with the remaining rock. ‘That was its fate’, he explained.
- The Commentaries"
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Baldassare Castiglione (born 6 December, 1478; died 2 February, 1529), pictured above in the portrait made between 1514 and 1515 by Raphael (1483-1520); in the collection of the Musée du Louvre, Paris
Usar in ogni cosa una certa sprezzatura, che nasconda l’arte e dimostri ciò che si fa e dice venir fatto senza fatica e quasi senza pensarvi.
Practise in everything a certain nonchalance that shall conceal design and show that what is done and said is done without effort and almost without thought.
— from Il Libro del Cortegiano (The Book of the Courtier) (1528)
