Beauty is in the eye of the beholder


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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Beauty can be Intrinsic as well as Extrinsic

  • Beauty can be Intrinsic as well as Extrinsic
  • Beauty can be both intrinsic as well as extrinsic. People often think that only the outer facade of something or someone can be beautiful, but more often than not, it is what lies within that is the most beautiful.
  • The world is filled with misery, poverty, war, disease, and crimes. In such uncertain times, it is important for each and every human being on the planet to practice compassion and empathy.
  • A little child looking after an injured pigeon is a beautiful sight as it shows the deeply embedded empathy and compassion in the child for the wounded bird.
  • Therefore, if we could look for a deeper meaning of beauty, the world could be a much better and more beautiful place for everyone.

What's the meaning of the phrase 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder'?

  • What's the meaning of the phrase 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder'?
  • 'Beauty in the eye of the beholder' has a literal meaning - that the perception of beauty is subjective - what one person finds beautiful another may not.
  • What's the origin of the phrase 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder'?
  • This saying first appeared in the 3rd century BC in Greek. It didn't appear in English and in its current form in print until the 19th century, but in the meantime there were various written forms that expressed much the same thought. In 1588, the English dramatist John Lyly, in his Euphues and his England, wrote:
  • "...as neere is Fancie to Beautie, as the pricke to the Rose, as the stalke to the rynde, as the earth to the roote."

Shakespeare's version of 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder' was 'Beauty is brought by the judgement of the eye'.

  • Shakespeare's version of 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder' was 'Beauty is brought by the judgement of the eye'.
  • Shakespeare expressed a similar sentiment in Love's Labours Lost, 1588:
  • Good Lord Boyet, my beauty, though but mean, Needs not the painted flourish of your praise: Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye, Not utter'd by base sale of chapmen's tongues
  • Benjamin Franklin, in Poor Richard's Almanack, 1741, wrote:

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