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The criterion of true beauty is that it increases on examination if false, that it lessens.

Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

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Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
Age: 73 †
Born: 1554
Born: October 3
Died: 1628
Died: September 30
1St Baron Brooke
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Alcester
Warwickshire
Fulke Greville
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