“Each man in his life honors, and imitates as well as he can, that god to whose choir he belonged, while he is uncorrupted in his first incarnation here; and in the fashion he has thus learned, he bears himself to his beloved as well as to the rest. So, then, each chooses from among the beautiful a love conforming to his kind, and then, as if his chosen were his god, he sets him up and robes him for worship.” IfsMenFirstsWellsKindBeautifulFashionBearsHonorWorshipChosenBelovedConformIncarnationRobesChoir Author:Mary Renault
“True merit does not depend on the times or on fashion. Those who have no other advantage than courtly manners lose it when they are away from court. But good sense, knowledge, and wisdom make their possessors knowledgeable and beloved in all ages and in all times.” DoeWisdomAgeLosesFashionDependsAdvantageCourtAll TimeMannersBelovedMeritGood SenseKnowledgeableKnowledge And Wisdom Author:Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable