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The human body is the best picture of the human soul.

—Ludwig Wittgenstein, c. 1947

As the saying goes, an old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb.

—Chinua Achebe, 1958

Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.

—Kate Moss, 2009

One’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 BC

Your body is the church where nature asks to be reverenced.

—Marquis de Sade, 1797

I’m at an age when my back goes out more than I do.

—Phyllis Diller, 1981

If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I’m going to go have the stuff tucked or plucked.

—Dolly Parton, 2003

Very shy people don’t even want to take up the space that their body actually takes up.

—Andy Warhol, 1975

I 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

The enlightened man says: I am body entirely and nothing beside.

—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1883

Every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond.

—Miguel de Cervantes, 1605

My face looks like a wedding cake left out in the rain.

—W.H. Auden, c. 1967

Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh.

—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1920