“Puesto que la muerte no tiene remedio Mejor es que nos preparemos a morir Para que podamos vivir de muertos Timor Mortis conturbat me” MuerteMiddle AgesMedievalMemento MoriMors Book:Historia de las civilizaciones Source: Historia de las civilizaciones
“The aesthetes of Des Esseintes' generation found diamonds common, rubies and emeralds depreciated, and turquoises vulgar. The old poetry was dead, though echoes of it lived on in the names of such gems as chrysoberyl and peridot and olivines and almandines and cymophanes and aquamarines. Beauty which has departed from things may live on in words.” Romance Of Stones Book:A History of Jewellery 1100-1870 Source: A History of Jewellery 1100-1870