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Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely.
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Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.
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Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury.
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I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; --poetry = the best words in the best order.
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That the public can grow accustomed to any face is proved by the increasing prevalence of Keith's ruined physiognomy on TV documentaries and chat shows, as familiar and homely a horror as Grandpa in The Munsters.
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Thou unassuming common-place of Nature, with that homely face.
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Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to as much disadvantage, and be as ill received, as your person, though ever so well-proportioned, would if dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters.
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A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.
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I'm not homely enough to play the nerdy girl and not nearly pretty enough to play the pretty girl.
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If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.
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I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; - poetry = the best words in the best order.
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Our American heritage is greater than any one of us.
It can express itself in very homely truths; in the end it can lift up our eyes beyond the glow in the sunset skies.