Quote#Beauty
All the beauty of the world, 'tis but skin deep
Quote byRalph Venning · 1621–1674
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Triumph of Assurance", Orthodox Paradoxes, Or, A Believer Clearing Truth by Seeming Contradictions (1647), p. 41. Compare: "Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in fine gay colours that are but skin-deep", Mathew Henry, Commentaries. Genesis iii..
English (original)
All the beauty of the world, 'tis but skin deep.
— Ralph Venning
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