"Formosa facies muta commendatio est."
— Beauty
January 1, 1970
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Publilius Syrus, Sentences, Maxims 283. Translated by Francis Bacon, "Ornamenta Rationalia", in Basil Montagu (ed.) Works (NY, 1884), Vol. I, p. 128. Revised in David Evans Macdonnel (ed.) A Dictionary of Quotations (1799), Fl—Fo: "A pleasing countenance is a silent commendation."
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Publilius Syrus, Sentences, Maxims 283. Translated by Francis Bacon, "Ornamenta Rationalia", in Basil Montagu (ed.) Works (NY, 1884), Vol. I, p. 128. Revised in David Evans Macdonnel (ed.) A Dictionary of Quotations (1799), Fl—Fo: "A pleasing countenance is a silent commendation."