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Mentem non formam plus pollere.
Intelligence matters, not beauty
XLVIII.
Ingressa vulpes in Choragi pergulam,
Fabrè expolitum invenit humanum caput,
Sic eleganter fabricatum, ut spiritus
Solùm deesset, caeteris vivisceret:
Id illa cùm sumpsisset in manus, ait:
Hoc[1] quale caput est, sed cerebrum non habet.[2]
A fox, entering the store-room of a theatrical producer, found an actor’s mask, skilfully shaped, so finely fashioned that the spirit alone was missing, in all else it seemed alive. Taking it up, the fox addressed it - What a head is this, but it has no brain!
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Verstand giltet mehr dan hupsche.
XLVIII.
In ains bildschnitzers hawß on gfer
Ein fuchs eins menschen hawpt erfand,
Woelchs so er lang bsach hin und her,
Sagt er, das ist ein wunder thand,
Das hawpt so wercklich gmacht von hand,
So schoen geziert, hat doch kayn hirn.
Offt einen [=einem]
acht man groß verstand,
Den man allein siht an der stirn.
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- loggia, verandah, porch [41A381] Search | Browse Iconclass
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