“Though beauty is, with the most apt similitude, I had almost said with the most literal truth, called a flower that fades and dies almost in the very moment of its maturity; yet there is, methinks, a kind of beauty which lives even to old age; a beauty that is not in the features, but, if I may be allowed the expression, shines through them. As it is not merely corporeal it is not the object of mere sense, nor is it to be discovered but by persons of true taste and refined sentiment.” IfsKindMayPersonsSaidMomentsAgeDiesBeautyObjectsExpressionFlowerTasteShiningMereOld AgeFeaturesMaturitySentimentsFadesLiteralRefined Author:Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
“It has been said that the beauties of the mind are valuable because they are more lasting than those of the body; but I do not remember to have heard it said that the beauties of the mind are valuable because they make those of the body more lasting.” MindHas BeensSaidBodyRememberHeardValuableLasting Author:Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
“Man is said to be a rational creature; but should it not rather be said, that man is a creature capable of being rational, as we say a parrot is a creature capable of speech?” MenShouldSaidCreaturesSpeechCapableRationalParrots Author:Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
