The finer the nature, the more flaws it will show through the clearness of it; and it is a law of this universe that the best things shall be seldomest seen in their best form.


The Stones of Venice (ed. 1853)


The finer the nature, the more flaws it will show through the clearness of it; and it is a law of this universe that the best things shall be...

The finer the nature, the more flaws it will show through the clearness of it; and it is a law of this universe that the best things shall be...

The finer the nature, the more flaws it will show through the clearness of it; and it is a law of this universe that the best things shall be...

The finer the nature, the more flaws it will show through the clearness of it; and it is a law of this universe that the best things shall be...