Quotes by Greville, Lord

The criterion of true beauty is that it increases on examination; if f >>

A generous man places the benefits he confers beneath his feet; those >>

Most men have more courage than even they themselves think they have. >>

Quotations about Beauty

Beauty is but a vain and doubtful good; a shining gloss that fadeth su >>

To emphasize only the beautiful seems to me to be like a mathematical >>

The loveliest faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half wi >>

The criterion of true beauty is that it increases on examination; if false, that it lessens. There is therefore, something in true beauty that corresponds with right reason, and is not the mere creation of fancy.

Greville, Lord