Nobody creates a fad. It just happens. People love going along with the idea of a beautiful pig. It's like read more

Nobody creates a fad. It just happens. People love going along with the idea of a beautiful pig. It's like a conspiracy.

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.

But every thyng which schyneth as the gold,
Nis nat gold, as that I have herd it told.

But every thyng which schyneth as the gold,
Nis nat gold, as that I have herd it told.

You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.

You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.

Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out read more

Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is not really beautiful and he suspects this himself; for why does he look on the face of his fellow-man with such scorn?

If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by read more

If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by "vanity" only that they appreciate their own worth. Without this kind of vanity they would not be great. And with vanity alone, of course, a man is nothing.

Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford.

Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford.

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

We understood
Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood
Spoke in her cheeks, and so read more

We understood
Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood
Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought
That one might almost say her body thought.
- Dr. John Donne,