Quote#Beauty
As in geometry, the oblique must be known, as well as the right; and…
Quote byPhilip Sidney · 1554–1586
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney; with remarks, by Miss Porter (1807), p. 23. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme.
English (original)
As in geometry, the oblique must be known, as well as the right; and in arithmetic, the odd as well as the even; so in actions of life, who seeth not the filthiness of evil, wanteth a great foil to perceive the beauty of virtue.
— Philip Sidney
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