Saying / Proverb★★★★
Beauty is a short-lived reign.
–Socrates (quoted by Diogenes Laertius)
The point
Physical beauty is fleeting and does not last.
Audience
Adults
Tone
Reflective · Sobering
To tell aloud
under a minute · 10 words
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