Outward beauty is a true sign of inner goodness. This loveliness, indeed, is impressed upon the body in varying degrees as a… — Baldassare Castiglione Beauty Copy Share Image
Beauty, I believe, comes from God; therefore, there can be no beauty without goodness. — Baldassare Castiglione Beauty Copy Share Image
“Who does not know that without women we can feel no content or satisfaction throughout this life of ours, which but for… — Baldassare Castiglione Courtiers Copy Share Image
Then the soul, freed from vice, purged by studies of true philosophy, versed in spiritual life, and practised in matters of the… — Baldassare Castiglione Angelic Copy Share Image
Take care lest perchance you fall into the mistake of thinking to gain more by being merciful than by being just; for… — Baldassare Castiglione Being me Copy Share Image
I have discovered a universal rule which seems to apply more than any other in all human actions or words: namely, to… — Baldassare Castiglione Action Copy Share Image
Practise in everything a certain nonchalance that shall conceal design and show that what is done and said is done without effort… — Baldassare Castiglione Certain Copy Share Image
Employ in everything a certain casualness which conceals art and creates the impression that what is done and said is accomplished without… — Baldassare Castiglione Accomplished Copy Share Image
