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Quotations
 | The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1821-1881, Russian writer 6 likes |
 | For women, beauty is more important than the mind, because the man is easier to watch than to think. — Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress 5 likes |
 | A pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation. — Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer 4 likes |
 | Tis better for thee to be wise and not seem so, than to seem wise and not be so: Yet Men, for the most Part, desire and endeavor the contrary. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 4 likes |
 | It is not the well-fed long-haired man I fear, but the pale and the hungry looking. — Julius Caesar, 100-44 BC, Roman general & Consul 3 likes |
| All your Greek will never advance you from secretary to envoy, or from envoy to ambassador; but your address, your manner, your air, if good, very probably may. — Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer 3 likes |
 | I don’t know what she looked like. Most farm women of her age were reduced by hard work and frequent child-bearing to a common denominator of plainness. — William Maxwell, 1908-2000, American writer 3 likes |
| I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men. — Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress 3 likes |
 | A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul. — Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer 2 likes |
 | Cleopatra's nose, had it been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been changed. — Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French thinker 2 likes |
 | Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous. — William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Julius Caesar 2 likes |
| The sunglasses are my burka... I'm a little shortsighted, and people, when they're shortsighted, they remove their glasses and then they look like cute little dogs who want to be adopted. — Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer 2 likes |
 | A large nose may be an index of a large soul. — Edmond Rostand, 1868-1918, French playwright (“Cyrano de Bergerac”) |
| A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am. — Edmond Rostand, 1868-1918, French playwright (“Cyrano de Bergerac”) |
 | I don’t understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little – if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that’s the day she has a date with destiny. |
| It is always better to be slightly underdressed. |
| You can be gorgeous at thirty, charming at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life. |
| Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman. |
 | Mona Lisa looks as if she has just been sick, or is about to be. |
| Never trust a man with short legs. His brains are too near his bottom. |
 | Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove. |
 | Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous. |
 | As women, we can't look old. We can't be fat. We're supposed to look like the 14-year-old models in Vogue, who are younger and younger and skinnier and skinnier, and they are air-brushed and contoured and Photoshopped. |
 | We lived like that “Happy Family“ you sometimes see in traveling zoos: a lion caged with a lamb. It is a startling exhibit but the lamb has to be replaced frequently. |
 | It is really a hard life. Men will not be nice to you if you are not good-looking, and women will not be nice to you if you are. |
Personal Stories
 | Now I am working with another model, a postman in a blue uniform with gold trimmings, a big, bearded face, very Socratic. — Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter 2 likes |
Quotes in Verse
 | Men seldom make passes At girls who wear glasses. — Dorothy Parker, 1893-1967, American writer, poet, satirist, critic 2 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | If we could see how women would look twenty years later, we would not marry them twenty years before. — Georges Feydeau, 1862-1921, French playwright 9 likes |
 | A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah. — Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004, American President [1981-1989] 5 likes |
 | Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called “walking.” — George W. Bush, 1946-, American President 3 likes |
 | He looks as though he's been weaned on a pickle. — Alice Roosevelt Longworth, 1884-1980, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt (on US president Calvin Coolidge) 2 likes |
 | High heels were invented by a woman who was always kissed on the forehead! |
Ancient Greek
 | Idols with their dresses and ornaments are beautiful but empty of heart. Είδωλα εσθήτι και κόσμω διαπρεπέα προς θεωρίην, αλλά καρδίης κενά. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 3 likes |
