The human body is the best picture of the human soul.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, c. 1947Quotes
As the saying goes, an old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb.
—Chinua Achebe, 1958The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body.
—Anaïs Nin, 1935Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
—Oscar Wilde, 1890If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I’m going to go have the stuff tucked or plucked.
—Dolly Parton, 2003One’s body, hair, and skin are a gift from one’s parents—do not dare to allow them to be harmed.
—Classic of Filial Piety, c. 200 BCThe features of our face are hardly more than gestures which force of habit has made permanent.
—Marcel Proust, 1919To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1949Flesh was the reason why oil painting was invented.
—Willem de Kooning, 1949O flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified!
—William Shakespeare, c. 1596Your body is the church where nature asks to be reverenced.
—Marquis de Sade, 1797Every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1605I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king.
—Elizabeth I, 1588