'Your kindness and generosity is only exceeded by your personal charm and beauty which nature hath so lavishly bestowed upon thee in all its bounteous glory’
2006-12-06 01:50:36 · 8 answers · asked by s19 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
From you. The quote is too poorly constructed to have come from anyone who knew what he was doing. You managed to commit two grammatical errors in a very short space, confuse archaic usage and flowery expression for beauty, and mistake cheap flattery for praise.
2006-12-06 04:06:15 · answer #1 · answered by Cajunsan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Such is the charm thus instilled by this thought into mine ears ... if thee knowest not the name of a man, or a woman, to bestow this care upon, then this humblest of the servants of all good knowledge is be more than happy to take the blame, as oft I findst faculties of my reason exceedingly indulgent upon the bounteous glory of such thoughts.
2006-12-06 02:12:27 · answer #2 · answered by Shahid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not impressed with this quote, whoever may have said it. How can we undermine intrinsic qualities and overestimate external characteristics? I actually disagree that beauty and charm can ever be more valued than kindness and generosity.... not even in a woman.
2006-12-06 02:22:13 · answer #3 · answered by small 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I want to say Shakespeare, but I have no solid reason for saying so.
You could check Bartlett's Quotations or do a Google on Famous Quotes to get some really good sources... and a lot closer to a solid answer.
(I've always like that quote. Cool to see someone asking a good question.)
2006-12-06 01:56:34 · answer #4 · answered by Patricia G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you make it up yourself or have you got it backwards? Normally, in a quote like that, the beauty would only be superceded by the lovely nature, not the other way around.
2006-12-06 03:24:05 · answer #5 · answered by Rachel Maria 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure, but there are quote dictionaries out there that may have it in there. You also may want to Google the quote and see what pops up.
2006-12-06 02:22:21 · answer #6 · answered by nmtgirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ya Mum?
2006-12-06 05:05:44 · answer #7 · answered by TLC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nice quote, but no idea. Sorry!
2006-12-06 01:53:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋