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Mentem non formam plus pollere.
Intelligence matters, not beauty
XLVIII.
Ingressa vulpes in Choragi pergulam,
Fabrë 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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Le Sens plus requis que Beaulté.
XLVIII.
Une teste faicte de marbre,
Fut ung jour de Regnart trouvée,
En passant par dessoubz ung arbre,
Laquelle il eust tantost levée:
Voicy teste bien achevée,
Dist il, & d’ung art moult nouveau:
Mais elle est en ung poinct grevée,
Car elle n’a poinct de cerveau.
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- loggia, verandah, porch [41A381] Search | Browse Iconclass
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