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Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke Quotes: Pleasure is the business of the young, business the pleasure of the old.
         

Pleasure is the business of the young, business the pleasure of the old.


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Taste may be compared to that exquisite sense of the bee, which instantly discovers and extracts the quintessence of every flower, and disregards all the rest of it.

Taste may be compared to that exquisite sense of the bee, which instantly discovers and extracts the quintessence of every flower, and disregards all the rest of it.



Man is the only creature endowed with the power of laughter; is he not also the only one that deserves to be laughed at?

Man is the only creature endowed with the power of laughter; is he not also the only one that deserves to be laughed at?



Habit is the cement of society, the comfort of life, and, alas! The root of error.

Habit is the cement of society, the comfort of life, and, alas! The root of error.



O wearisome condition of humanity! Born under one law, to another bound; Vainly begot and yet forbidden vanity; Created sick, commanded to be sound.

O wearisome condition of humanity! Born under one law, to another bound; Vainly begot and yet forbidden vanity; Created sick, commanded to be sound.



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?

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?



The mind's eye is perhaps no better fitted for the full radiance of truth, than is the body's for that of the sun.

The mind's eye is perhaps no better fitted for the full radiance of truth, than is the body's for that of the sun.



The criterion of true beauty is that it increases on examination; if false, that it lessens.

The criterion of true beauty is that it increases on examination; if false, that it lessens.



There are sometimes beauties in a character which would never have appeared but for a defect, and defects which would never have appeared but for a beauty.

There are sometimes beauties in a character which would never have appeared but for a defect, and defects which would never have appeared but for a beauty.



Love will sacrifice more to others than friendship, but then it exacts more from them.

Love will sacrifice more to others than friendship, but then it exacts more from them.



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How happy is it for us, that the admiration of others should depend so much more on their ignorance than our perfection!





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