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That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it to us holds.

Mary Astell
Real, Self, Humour
Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (1996). “Astell: Political Writings”, p.42, Cambridge University Press
That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it to us holds.