Beauty that lasts

A FRIEND has noted that many people are willing to change their looks in an attempt to attain physical perfection. Some proverbs about beauty that lasts:

That fair face will, as years roll by, lose its beauty, and old age will bring wrinkles to the brow. —Latin proverb

Rare is the agreement between beauty and modesty. —Latin

Wine mars beauty and destroys the freshness of youth. —Latin

Beauty is 10, nine of which is dressing. —Azerbaijani

Beauty without virtue is a curse. —Azerbaijani

Beauty is a fading flower. —Danish

A woman gets 30 percent of her beauty from nature and 70 percent from makeup. —Chinese

The beauty of a woman does not make a man richer. —French

Old canoes can be restored, but not youth and beauty. —New Zealand

Time has no respect for beauty. —Polish

Beauty without wisdom is like a flower in the mud. —Romanian

Beauty passes; wisdom remains. —Kurdish

You are beautiful; but learn to work, for you cannot eat your beauty. —Congo