She that would raise a noble love must find
Ways to beget a passion for her mind;
She must be that which she to the world would seem,
For all true love is grounded on esteem:
Plainness and truth gain more a generous heart
Than all the crooked subtleties of art.


"To His Mistress", cited from The Works of His Grace, George Villiers, the Duke of Buckingham (London: T. Evans, 1770) vol. 2, p. 138.

George Villiers Quotes

She that would raise a noble love must find Ways to beget a passion for her mind; She must be that which she to the world would seem, For all true...

She that would raise a noble love must find Ways to beget a passion for her mind; She must be that which she to the world would seem, For all true...

She that would raise a noble love must find Ways to beget a passion for her mind; She must be that which she to the world would seem, For all true...

She that would raise a noble love must find Ways to beget a passion for her mind; She must be that which she to the world would seem, For all true...