The public history of all countries, and all ages, is bet a sort of mask, richly colored. The interior working of the machinery must be foul.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain with a smiling cheek, A goodly apple rotten at the heart. O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.
Beauty in the flesh will continue to rule the world.
In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain.
Beauty is about what's inside us, loving who we are and nurturing that. Outward beauty can really blossom from there.
Stress and looks are directly connected as far as I am concerned. If you are happy, you look good.
O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
... Arthur Gride, whose bleared eyes gloated only over the outward beauties, and were blind to the spirit which reigned within, evinced - a fantastic kind of warmth certainly, but not exactly that kind of warmth of feeling which the contemplation of virtue usually inspires.
A fair face without a fair soul is like a glass eye that shines and sees nothing.
Whatever has "wit enough to keep it sweet" defies corruption and outlasts all time; but the wit must be of that outward and visible order which needs no introduction or demonstration at our hands.
