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There be also many wicked men that have the comeliness of a beautiful countenance, and it seemeth that nature hath so shaped them because they may be the readier to deceive, and that this amiable look were like a bait that covereth the hook.

~ Thomas Hoby

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Then the soul, freed from vice, purged by studies of true philosophy, versed in spiritual life, and practised in matters of the intellect, devoted to the contemplation of her own substance, as if awakened from deepest sleep, opens those eyes which all possess but few use, and sees in herself a ray of that light which is the true image of the angelic beauty communicated to her, and of which she then communicates a faint shadow to the body.

~ Baldassarre Castiglione

Baldassarre Castiglione Christianity Courtier Light Philosophy Religion Vice Virtue

Courtiers don't take wagers against the king's skill. There is a deadly danger of winning

~ Isaac Asimov

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