Thomas Hoby Quotes

A collection of quotes by Thomas Hoby.

Thomas Hoby (1530-1566) was an English diplomat, courtier, and translator. He is best known for his translation of Baldassare Castiglione's "Il Cortegiano" (The Book of the Courtier) from Italian to English, which became a highly influential work during the Elizabethan era. Hoby served as a political agent in the French court, where he gained valuable experience in diplomacy. His translation and his role as a courtier earned him recognition and favor with Queen Elizabeth I. Despite his untimely death at the age of 36, Hoby's translation remains an important literary contribution in the field of Renaissance humanism.

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And therefore is the outward beauty a true sign of the inward goodness, and in bodies this comeliness is imprinted, more and less, as it were, for a mark of the soul, whereby she is outwardly known; as in trees, in which the beauty of the buds giveth a testimony of the goodness of the fruit.

Thomas Hoby

Beauty Goodness