“Some of the most beautiful women I have ever met tell me, ‘I hate myself when I look in the mirror.’ I hear that again and again” -Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
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“To all the girls who think they’re fat because they’re not a size zero, you’re the beautiful ones; it’s society who’s ugly.” -Marilyn Monroe (pseudonym of Norma Jean Mortenson (1926 - 1962))
“Beauty is a mystery. You can neither eat it nor make flannel out of it.” -David Herbert Lawrence (1885 - 1930)
“I used to be very self-conscious. I used to wish I was pretty. My cousin Georgia always taught me that if you smile, people will like you. Sometimes people will say something you don’t like, and you get angry a bit, but you just smile. You let it go by, even if you really would like to choke ’em. By smiling, I think I’ve made more friends than if I was the other way.” -Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Jane Fitzgerald 1917 - 1996)
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“Every now and then you run across radiantly attractive people and you’re delighted to find they adore you, till you realize that they adore just about everybody - and that’s what’s made them radiantly attractive.” -Mignon McLaughlin (1913 - 1983): “The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook” (1981)
“Won’t you come into my garden? I would like my roses to see you.” -Richard B. Sheridan (Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751 - 1816))
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Keep up appearances; there lies the test;
The world will give thee credit for the rest.
-Charles Churchill (1731 - 1764): “Night” (1761), lines 311 and 312
“Real beauty isn’t about symmetry or weight or makeup; it’s about looking life right in the face and seeing all its magnificence reflected in your own.” -Valerie Monroe (Valerie J. Monroe, Senior (born 1950))
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“A plain face is often surprisingly beautiful by reason of an inner light.” -Henry E. Walbery
“Do not judge others by appearances; a rich heart may be under a poor coat.” -Author Unknown: Scottish proverb
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“Beauty isn’t about having a pretty face. It’s about having a pretty mind, a pretty heart, and a pretty soul.” -Author Unknown
Beauty to no complexion is confined,
Is of all colors, and by none defined.
-George Granville (1666 - 1735)
“First impressions are the most lasting.” -Jonas Hanway (1712 - 1786): “A Journal of Eight Days Journey” (1756)
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“Beauty isn’t something on the outside. It’s your insides that count! You gotta eat green stuff to make sure you’re pretty on the inside.” -Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka, and Toshihiro Kawabata: “Animal Crossing: Wild World” (2005)
“Some of you may feel that you are not as attractive and beautiful and glamorous as you would like to be. Rise above any such feelings, cultivate the light you have within you, and it will shine through as a radiant expression that will be seen by others.” -Gordon B. Hinckley (Gordon Bitner Hinckley (1910 - 2008))
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“There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.” -John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)
Body Dysmorphic Disorder is a body image condition that causes some people to imagine they presently have, or will later develop, physical deformities. Most people with the condition are not all that different from other people in appearance; it is just that their perception of themselves is erroneously distorted by inner or outer influences. BDD is also known by the term ‘dysmorphophobia,’ which is derived from the Greek words ‘dys’ meaning ‘abnormal,’ ‘morphe’ meaning ‘form,’ and ‘phobos’ meaning ‘fear.’ The good news is that the condition can be treated through therapeutic psychological counseling and by other methods.
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He: My, what lovely eyes you have!
She: I am glad you like them. They were a birthday present.
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“Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy. The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.” -E. H. Chapin (Edwin Hubbell Chapin (1814 - 1880))
She is not fair to outward view
As many maidens be;
Her loveliness I never knew
Until she smiled on me:
Oh! then I saw her eye was bright,
A well of love, a spring of light.
-Hartley Coleridge (David Hartley ‘Hartley’ Coleridge (1796 - 1849)): “Poems” (1851), ‘She Is Not Fair’
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“If there were no beauty in the observer then he would not find beauty outside. The mere fact that beauty is seen proves that there is beauty already present in the state of being the observer.” -Shantanand Saraswati
“I am not beautiful like you. I am beautiful like me.” -Author Unknown
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“Appearances often deceive.” -Author Unknown: English saying
“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.” -Leo Tolstoy (Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828 - 1910)): “The Kreutzer Sonata” (1889)
“The weirder you’re going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person.” -Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
“Physical differences are what make it possible for our friends to find us in a crowd.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness.” [translation to English]
“La beauté n’est que la promesse du bonheur.” [original French]
-Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle (1783 - 1842)): “De L’Amour” (English: “On Love”) (1822), chapter 17, footnote
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“Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless: peacocks and lilies, for example.” -John Ruskin (1819 - 1900): “The Stones of Venice” (1853), Volume I, chapter II, section 17
“A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” -Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990): “The Twits” (1980)
“Outer beauty pleases the eye. Inner beauty captivates the heart.” -Mandy Hale (born 1978): “The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass” (2013)
“The beauty does not live out there; the beauty’s in my eyes.” -Jonathan Lockwood Huie (born 1945)
“There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.” -Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626): “Essays” (1625), ‘Of Beauty’
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“To all the girls who think they’re fat because they’re not a size zero, you’re the beautiful ones; it’s society who’s ugly.” -Marilyn Monroe (pseudonym of Norma Jean Mortenson (1926 - 1962))
“Beauty is a mystery. You can neither eat it nor make flannel out of it.” -David Herbert Lawrence (1885 - 1930)
“I used to be very self-conscious. I used to wish I was pretty. My cousin Georgia always taught me that if you smile, people will like you. Sometimes people will say something you don’t like, and you get angry a bit, but you just smile. You let it go by, even if you really would like to choke ’em. By smiling, I think I’ve made more friends than if I was the other way.” -Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Jane Fitzgerald 1917 - 1996)
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“Every now and then you run across radiantly attractive people and you’re delighted to find they adore you, till you realize that they adore just about everybody - and that’s what’s made them radiantly attractive.” -Mignon McLaughlin (1913 - 1983): “The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook” (1981)
“Won’t you come into my garden? I would like my roses to see you.” -Richard B. Sheridan (Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751 - 1816))
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Keep up appearances; there lies the test;
The world will give thee credit for the rest.
-Charles Churchill (1731 - 1764): “Night” (1761), lines 311 and 312
“Real beauty isn’t about symmetry or weight or makeup; it’s about looking life right in the face and seeing all its magnificence reflected in your own.” -Valerie Monroe (Valerie J. Monroe, Senior (born 1950))
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“A plain face is often surprisingly beautiful by reason of an inner light.” -Henry E. Walbery
“Do not judge others by appearances; a rich heart may be under a poor coat.” -Author Unknown: Scottish proverb
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“Beauty isn’t about having a pretty face. It’s about having a pretty mind, a pretty heart, and a pretty soul.” -Author Unknown
Beauty to no complexion is confined,
Is of all colors, and by none defined.
-George Granville (1666 - 1735)
“First impressions are the most lasting.” -Jonas Hanway (1712 - 1786): “A Journal of Eight Days Journey” (1756)
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“Beauty isn’t something on the outside. It’s your insides that count! You gotta eat green stuff to make sure you’re pretty on the inside.” -Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka, and Toshihiro Kawabata: “Animal Crossing: Wild World” (2005)
“Some of you may feel that you are not as attractive and beautiful and glamorous as you would like to be. Rise above any such feelings, cultivate the light you have within you, and it will shine through as a radiant expression that will be seen by others.” -Gordon B. Hinckley (Gordon Bitner Hinckley (1910 - 2008))
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“There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.” -John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)
Body Dysmorphic Disorder is a body image condition that causes some people to imagine they presently have, or will later develop, physical deformities. Most people with the condition are not all that different from other people in appearance; it is just that their perception of themselves is erroneously distorted by inner or outer influences. BDD is also known by the term ‘dysmorphophobia,’ which is derived from the Greek words ‘dys’ meaning ‘abnormal,’ ‘morphe’ meaning ‘form,’ and ‘phobos’ meaning ‘fear.’ The good news is that the condition can be treated through therapeutic psychological counseling and by other methods.
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He: My, what lovely eyes you have!
She: I am glad you like them. They were a birthday present.
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“Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy. The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.” -E. H. Chapin (Edwin Hubbell Chapin (1814 - 1880))
She is not fair to outward view
As many maidens be;
Her loveliness I never knew
Until she smiled on me:
Oh! then I saw her eye was bright,
A well of love, a spring of light.
-Hartley Coleridge (David Hartley ‘Hartley’ Coleridge (1796 - 1849)): “Poems” (1851), ‘She Is Not Fair’
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“If there were no beauty in the observer then he would not find beauty outside. The mere fact that beauty is seen proves that there is beauty already present in the state of being the observer.” -Shantanand Saraswati
“I am not beautiful like you. I am beautiful like me.” -Author Unknown
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“Appearances often deceive.” -Author Unknown: English saying
“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.” -Leo Tolstoy (Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828 - 1910)): “The Kreutzer Sonata” (1889)
“The weirder you’re going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person.” -Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
“Physical differences are what make it possible for our friends to find us in a crowd.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness.” [translation to English]
“La beauté n’est que la promesse du bonheur.” [original French]
-Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle (1783 - 1842)): “De L’Amour” (English: “On Love”) (1822), chapter 17, footnote
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“Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless: peacocks and lilies, for example.” -John Ruskin (1819 - 1900): “The Stones of Venice” (1853), Volume I, chapter II, section 17
“A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” -Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990): “The Twits” (1980)
“Outer beauty pleases the eye. Inner beauty captivates the heart.” -Mandy Hale (born 1978): “The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass” (2013)
“The beauty does not live out there; the beauty’s in my eyes.” -Jonathan Lockwood Huie (born 1945)
“There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.” -Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626): “Essays” (1625), ‘Of Beauty’
The Ugly Duckling Syndrome
“The Ugly Duckling” is a story about someone who was not really ugly at all; he was just different. The other ducks teased and pecked at him with their beaks until the ugly duckling flew away. He wandered around for a year, and was treated as an outcast everywhere. In the Spring, now fully-grown, he saw a group of swans on a lake, and wanted very much to join them. As he swam out toward them, he was astounded to notice his reflection in the water - he was a swan! The other swans welcomed him warmly, and found him to be beautiful.
Like many fairy tales, “The Ugly Duckling” was created with a lesson, or moral, in mind, if we will listen or read with the idea of finding it.
Most of us go through times when we feel different from those around us. These can be painful and lonely times, but it does not mean there is anything wrong with us. Like the ugly duckling, we will come into a time and place when we will be loved. All the pain and loneliness we have felt will one day be a fading memory.
“I never dreamed of so much happiness when I was the ugly duckling.” -Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875): “The Ugly Duckling” (11 November 1843)
“The Ugly Duckling” is a story about someone who was not really ugly at all; he was just different. The other ducks teased and pecked at him with their beaks until the ugly duckling flew away. He wandered around for a year, and was treated as an outcast everywhere. In the Spring, now fully-grown, he saw a group of swans on a lake, and wanted very much to join them. As he swam out toward them, he was astounded to notice his reflection in the water - he was a swan! The other swans welcomed him warmly, and found him to be beautiful.
Like many fairy tales, “The Ugly Duckling” was created with a lesson, or moral, in mind, if we will listen or read with the idea of finding it.
Most of us go through times when we feel different from those around us. These can be painful and lonely times, but it does not mean there is anything wrong with us. Like the ugly duckling, we will come into a time and place when we will be loved. All the pain and loneliness we have felt will one day be a fading memory.
“I never dreamed of so much happiness when I was the ugly duckling.” -Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875): “The Ugly Duckling” (11 November 1843)
Her very frowns are fairer far
Than smiles of other maidens are.
-Hartley Coleridge (David Hartley ‘Hartley’ Coleridge (1796 - 1849)): “Poems” (1851), ‘She Is Not Fair’
Than smiles of other maidens are.
-Hartley Coleridge (David Hartley ‘Hartley’ Coleridge (1796 - 1849)): “Poems” (1851), ‘She Is Not Fair’
“You know who’s beautiful? Read this first word again.” -Author Unknown
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The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole,
but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.
It is the caring that she lovingly gives,
the passion that she knows.
-Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993)
“You were created in God’s image. God makes no mistakes. To put yourself down for the way you are is to insult God’s handiwork. You are beautiful.” -Author Unknown
“You are beautiful inside and out.” -Author Unknown
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“The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.” -Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626): as quoted in Edward Bulwer-Lytton: “Falkland” (1827)
“Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.” -Sophia Loren (pseudonym of Sophia Sciccoloni (born 1934))
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“Trust not too much to that enchanting face.” -Vergil (Publius Vergilius Maro, also known as Virgil (70 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.)): “Eclogues” (37 B.C.E.), Book II, line 17 (as translated by John Dryden)
What do you think makes a person good-looking?
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“I’m not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren’t straight, the voice sounds like a mafioso pallbearer.” -Sylvester Stallone (Sylvester Enzio Stallone (born 1946 as Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone))
“Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable: what it is or what it means can never be said.” -George Santayana (Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás (1863 - 1952)): “The Sense of Beauty” (1896), page 267
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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” -Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (1855 - 1897): “Molly Bawn” (1878)
“The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.” -Christian Bovée (Christian Nestell Bovée (1820 - 1904))
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“Common-looking people are the best in the world. That is the reason the Lord made so many of them.” -Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
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“Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security and strong character.” -Jane Seymour (pseudonym of Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg (born 1951))
“I used to look in the mirror and feel shame; I look in the mirror now and I absolutely love myself.” -Drew Barrymore (Drew Blyth Barrymore (born 1975))
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“I cannot tell you how many times people have come up to me to compliment me on my lavish figure.” -Miss Piggy, as quoted in Henry Beard: “Miss Piggy’s Guide to Life” (1981)
“It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many millions of faces there should be none alike.” -Thomas Browne (1605 - 1682): “Religio Medici” (1643), Part II, Section 2
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“No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.” -Eleanor Roosevelt (Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962))
“Always try to look your best, because you never get a second chance to make a first impression, and first impressions are lasting impressions.” -Author Unknown
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“Your beauty should not come from outward adornment . . . Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘1st Peter,’ chapter 3, verses 3 and 4
“Beauty starts in your head, not in your mirror.” -Joubert Botha
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“A woman deserves no credit for her beauty at twenty, but at sixty, her beauty is of her own doing.” -Author Unknown
“It helps to have a rather odd face like mine. People always recognize you.” -Elsa Lanchester (Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (1902 - 1986)) at http://elsalanchester.freeservers.com/main.htm
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“There are no ugly women, there are women who do not know how to look pretty.” -Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696)
“Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.” -Sophia Loren (pseudonym of Sophia Sciccoloni (born 1934))
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O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!
-Robert Burns (1759 - 1796): “To a Louse” (1786)
In Standard English, the above lines would be as follows:
And would some Power the small gift give us
[The ability] To see ourselves as others see us!
“Beware so long as you live, of judging people by appearances.” -Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695)
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Never judge someone
By the way he looks
Or a book by the way it’s covered;
For inside those tattered pages,
There’s a lot to be discovered
-Stephen Cosgrove (born 1945)
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“If being beautiful in the eyes of the Creator means being ugly in the eyes of the created, then it’s worth it.” -Author Unknown
“Beautiful young people are accidents of nature. But beautiful old people are works of art.” -Marjorie Barstow Breenbie
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“You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older.” -Anouk Aimée (pseudonym of Nicole Françoise Florence Dreyfus (born 1932))
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“The appearances of things change according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.” -Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
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Appearances and Looks Quiz
- What is the meaning of the word ‘beauty’?
- What is the meaning of the phrase ‘inner beauty’?
- Why might you not want to answer your door dressed and groomed sloppily?
“I’m beautiful in my own way because God makes no mistakes.” -Author Unknown
Appearances and Looks Quiz Answers
- Beauty is the quality of being pleasing to the mind.
- Inner beauties are virtues such as goodness, politeness, and caring.
- Always answer the door dressed and groomed well, because you never know when you might be greeting the Queen or the President.
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” -Confucius (a fifteenth-century Portuguese Jesuit scholars’ rendering of the Chinese name K’ung Fu-tzu or K’ung Ch’iu into Classical Latin (English: Master K’ung) (about 551 B.C.E. - about 479 B.C.E.))
“Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.” -David Hume (1711 - 1776)
“I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.” -Herman Melville (1819 - 1891)
“People who are ‘animated’ are more attractive.” -Author Unknown
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“It’s not the face, but the expressions on it. It’s not the voice, but what you say. It’s not how you look in that body, but the thing you do with it. You are beautiful.” -Stephenie Meyer (born 1973): “The Host” (6 May 2008)
“A beautiful thing is never perfect.” -Author Unknown
“Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.” -Coco Chanel (Gabrielle Bonheur ‘Coco’ Chanel (1883 - 1971))
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“That’s the thing about inner beauty: Unlike physical beauty, which grabs the spotlight for itself, inner beauty shines on everyone, catching them, holding them in its embrace, making them more beautiful too.” -Author Unknown
“Anyone is automatically a lot more attractive when they’re funny.” -Author Unknown
The folks at Make Fun Of Life! hope you will laugh a little more, learn a little more, and love life a little more . . . each and every day . . . we just want you to be happy!
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The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole,
but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.
It is the caring that she lovingly gives,
the passion that she knows.
-Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993)
“You were created in God’s image. God makes no mistakes. To put yourself down for the way you are is to insult God’s handiwork. You are beautiful.” -Author Unknown
“You are beautiful inside and out.” -Author Unknown
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“The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.” -Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626): as quoted in Edward Bulwer-Lytton: “Falkland” (1827)
“Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.” -Sophia Loren (pseudonym of Sophia Sciccoloni (born 1934))
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“Trust not too much to that enchanting face.” -Vergil (Publius Vergilius Maro, also known as Virgil (70 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.)): “Eclogues” (37 B.C.E.), Book II, line 17 (as translated by John Dryden)
What do you think makes a person good-looking?
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“I’m not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren’t straight, the voice sounds like a mafioso pallbearer.” -Sylvester Stallone (Sylvester Enzio Stallone (born 1946 as Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone))
“Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable: what it is or what it means can never be said.” -George Santayana (Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás (1863 - 1952)): “The Sense of Beauty” (1896), page 267
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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” -Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (1855 - 1897): “Molly Bawn” (1878)
“The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.” -Christian Bovée (Christian Nestell Bovée (1820 - 1904))
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“Common-looking people are the best in the world. That is the reason the Lord made so many of them.” -Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
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“Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security and strong character.” -Jane Seymour (pseudonym of Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg (born 1951))
“I used to look in the mirror and feel shame; I look in the mirror now and I absolutely love myself.” -Drew Barrymore (Drew Blyth Barrymore (born 1975))
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“I cannot tell you how many times people have come up to me to compliment me on my lavish figure.” -Miss Piggy, as quoted in Henry Beard: “Miss Piggy’s Guide to Life” (1981)
“It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many millions of faces there should be none alike.” -Thomas Browne (1605 - 1682): “Religio Medici” (1643), Part II, Section 2
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“No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.” -Eleanor Roosevelt (Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962))
“Always try to look your best, because you never get a second chance to make a first impression, and first impressions are lasting impressions.” -Author Unknown
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“Your beauty should not come from outward adornment . . . Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘1st Peter,’ chapter 3, verses 3 and 4
“Beauty starts in your head, not in your mirror.” -Joubert Botha
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“A woman deserves no credit for her beauty at twenty, but at sixty, her beauty is of her own doing.” -Author Unknown
“It helps to have a rather odd face like mine. People always recognize you.” -Elsa Lanchester (Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (1902 - 1986)) at http://elsalanchester.freeservers.com/main.htm
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“There are no ugly women, there are women who do not know how to look pretty.” -Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696)
“Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.” -Sophia Loren (pseudonym of Sophia Sciccoloni (born 1934))
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O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!
-Robert Burns (1759 - 1796): “To a Louse” (1786)
In Standard English, the above lines would be as follows:
And would some Power the small gift give us
[The ability] To see ourselves as others see us!
“Beware so long as you live, of judging people by appearances.” -Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695)
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Never judge someone
By the way he looks
Or a book by the way it’s covered;
For inside those tattered pages,
There’s a lot to be discovered
-Stephen Cosgrove (born 1945)
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“If being beautiful in the eyes of the Creator means being ugly in the eyes of the created, then it’s worth it.” -Author Unknown
“Beautiful young people are accidents of nature. But beautiful old people are works of art.” -Marjorie Barstow Breenbie
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“You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older.” -Anouk Aimée (pseudonym of Nicole Françoise Florence Dreyfus (born 1932))
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“The appearances of things change according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.” -Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
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Appearances and Looks Quiz
- What is the meaning of the word ‘beauty’?
- What is the meaning of the phrase ‘inner beauty’?
- Why might you not want to answer your door dressed and groomed sloppily?
“I’m beautiful in my own way because God makes no mistakes.” -Author Unknown
Appearances and Looks Quiz Answers
- Beauty is the quality of being pleasing to the mind.
- Inner beauties are virtues such as goodness, politeness, and caring.
- Always answer the door dressed and groomed well, because you never know when you might be greeting the Queen or the President.
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” -Confucius (a fifteenth-century Portuguese Jesuit scholars’ rendering of the Chinese name K’ung Fu-tzu or K’ung Ch’iu into Classical Latin (English: Master K’ung) (about 551 B.C.E. - about 479 B.C.E.))
“Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.” -David Hume (1711 - 1776)
“I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.” -Herman Melville (1819 - 1891)
“People who are ‘animated’ are more attractive.” -Author Unknown
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“It’s not the face, but the expressions on it. It’s not the voice, but what you say. It’s not how you look in that body, but the thing you do with it. You are beautiful.” -Stephenie Meyer (born 1973): “The Host” (6 May 2008)
“A beautiful thing is never perfect.” -Author Unknown
“Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.” -Coco Chanel (Gabrielle Bonheur ‘Coco’ Chanel (1883 - 1971))
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“That’s the thing about inner beauty: Unlike physical beauty, which grabs the spotlight for itself, inner beauty shines on everyone, catching them, holding them in its embrace, making them more beautiful too.” -Author Unknown
“Anyone is automatically a lot more attractive when they’re funny.” -Author Unknown
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