"It deserves our attention that even phenomena which are found by chance in natural products possess something attractive and appealing. For example, sometimes the baked bread has cracks and fissures, which, although they do not arise from the baker's intention, nevertheless excite a certain pleasantness. So, too, figs, when overripe, crack; and to the overripe olives, the very approach of rot gives the fruit something particularly lovely. The drooping ears of corn, the wrinkled skin of the lion's forehead, the foam dripping from the boar's throat, and many other such things are, considered in and of themselves, far from all pleasantness, and yet, because they belong to the nature of a thing, they contribute to its adornment and give us pleasure. In this way, there are still many things that do not appeal to everyone, but only to those who have a developed sense for nature and its works."
Marcus Aurelius "Self-Reflections"", Third Book
