The human body is the best picture of the human soul.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, c. 1947Quotes
If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I’m going to go have the stuff tucked or plucked.
—Dolly Parton, 2003As the saying goes, an old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb.
—Chinua Achebe, 1958Shame on the soul, to falter on the road of life while the body still perseveres.
—Marcus Aurelius, c. 170I’m at an age when my back goes out more than I do.
—Phyllis Diller, 1981And your very flesh shall be a great poem.
—Walt Whitman, 1855O flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified!
—William Shakespeare, c. 1596The world is made of the very stuff of the body.
—Maurice Merleau-Ponty, 1961Every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1605One’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 BCNothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
—Oscar Wilde, 1890Flesh was the reason why oil painting was invented.
—Willem de Kooning, 1949My face looks like a wedding cake left out in the rain.
—W.H. Auden, c. 1967