Note 93 — Chapter IV · THE EDUCATION OF GIRLS
George Herbert Ely translation
Nil est simplicitate prius. Haec placet; haud ulla est quaesitae gratia formae, Quae studio peccas, simplicitate places, Nulla est ornandi, nulla est, mihi crede, parandi Gloria, naturae est forma, nec artis opus; Ars odio digna est, ubi nullo fine tenetur. (Pontanus, De amore conjugali.)
[“Nothing comes before simplicity. That is pleasing; there is no grace in artificial beauty. By artifice thou wilt err, by simplicity thou wilt please. There is no glory in adornment, none, believe me, in farding oneself; beauty is the work of nature, not of art. Art is hateful when not kept within bounds.”]