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VIRTUEislikearichstone,bestplainset;andsurelyvirtueisbest,inabodythatiscomely,thoughnotofdelicatefeatures;andthathathratherdignityofpresence,thanbeautyofaspect.Neitherisitalmostseen,thatverybeautifulpersonsareotherwiseofgreatvirtue;asifnaturewereratherbusy,nottoerr,thaninlabortoproduceexcellency.Andthereforetheyproveaccomplished,butnotofgreatspirit;andstudyratherbehavior,thanvirtue.Butthisholdsnotalways:forAugustusCaesar,TitusVespasianus,PhilipleBelleofFrance,EdwardtheFourthofEngland,AlcibiadesofAthens,IsmaeltheSophyofPersia,wereallhighandgreatspirits;andyetthemostbeautifulmenoftheirtimes.Inbeauty,thatoffavor,ismorethanthatofcolor;andthatofdecentandgraciousmotion,morethanthatoffavor.Thatisthebestpartofbeauty,whichapicturecannotexpress;no,northefirstsightofthelife.Thereisnoexcellentbeauty,thathathnotsomestrangenessintheproportion.AmancannottellwhetherApelles,orAlbertDurer,werethemoretrifler;whereoftheone,wouldmakeapersonagebygeometricalproportions;theother,bytakingthebestpartsoutofdiversfaces,tomakeoneexcellent.Suchpersonages,Ithink,wouldpleasenobody,butthepainterthatmadethem.NotbutIthinkapaintermaymakeabetterfacethaneverwas;buthemustdoitbyakindoffelicity(asamusicianthatmakethanexcellentairinmusic),andnotbyrule.Amanshallseefaces,thatifyouexaminethempartbypart,youshallfindneveragood;andyetaltogetherdowell.Ifitbetruethattheprincipalpartofbeautyisindecentmotion,certainlyitisnomarvel,thoughpersonsinyearsseemmanytimesmoreamiable;pulchrorumautumnuspulcher;fornoyouthcanbecomelybutbypardon,andconsideringtheyouth,astomakeupthecomeliness.Beautyisassummerfruits,)whichareeasytocorrupt,andcannotlast;andforthemostpartitmakesadissoluteyouth,andanagealittleoutofcountenance;butyetcertainlyagain,ifitlightwell,itmakethvirtueshine,andvicesblush.美德好比宝石，在朴素背景的衬托下反而更华丽。同样，一个打扮并不华贵，却端庄严肃而有美德的人是令人肃然起敬的。美貌的人并不都有其他方面的才能。许多容貌俊秀的人却一无所有，他们过于追求外形的美而放弃了内在的美。仔细分析起来，形体之美要胜于颜色之美，而优雅行为之美又胜于形体之美。最高的美是画家所无法表现的。因为它是难以直观的。这是一种奇妙的美，曾经有两位画家――阿皮雷斯和丢勒滑稽地认为，可以按照几何比例，或者通过摄取不同人身上最美的特点，加以合成的方法，画出最完美的人像。其实像这样画出来的美人，恐怕只有画家才喜欢。有些老人显得很可爱，因为他们的作风优雅而美。美人的迟暮也是美的。而尽管有的年轻人具有美貌，却由于缺乏优美的修养而不配得到赞美。美有如盛夏的水果，而容易腐烂而难保持的,世上有许多美人,他们有过放荡青春，却迎受着愧悔的晚年。因此，把美的形貌与美的德行结合起来吧。只有这样，美会放射出真正的光辉。from:sjbzxgd.com/bjw/woaisjb.com/yfgji/sjbcq.com/msgj/sjbssb.com/bet373ylc/sjbbfb.com/hhgjylc/