John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2883 Ralph Venning 1620(?)-1673 John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 2883 |
AUTHOR: | Ralph Venning (1620(?)–1673) |
QUOTATION: | All the beauty of the world, ’t is but skin deep. 1 |
ATTRIBUTION: | Orthodoxe Paradoxes. (Third edition, 1650.) The Triumph of Assurance, p. 41. |
Note 1. Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in fine gay colours that are but skin-deep.—Mathew Henry: Commentaries. Genesis iii. [back] |