beauty is but skin-deep

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Etymology

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First use appears c. 1677. See cite below.

Proverb

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beauty is but skin-deep

  1. Synonym of beauty is only skin deep
    • 1677, Edward Bury (Minister of Great Bolas.), The Husbandmans Companion: Containing One Hundred Occasional Meditations, Reflections and Ejaculations, Especially Suited to Men of that Employment, Etc, page 117:
      Beauty is but skin-deep, and age or fickneſs ſoon withers this flower, when grace and goodneſs are more durable