Beauty itself doth of itself persuade The eyes of men without an orator; What needeth then apology be made To set forth that which is so singular? Or why is Collatine the publisher   Of that rich jewel he should keep unknown   From thievish ears, because it is his own?

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Beauty itself doth of itself persuade The eyes of men without an orator; What needeth then apology be made To set forth that which is so singular? Or why is Collatine the publisher   Of that rich jewel he should keep unknown   From thievish ears, because it is his own?" in the context of "William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece (1594)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.