What does 'beauty is only skin deep' mean?

It means someone can be outwardly beautiful, and still be an ugly person. It's what's on the inside that counts.

What does 'beauty is only skin deep' mean?
It means what's important is inside.... your personality not your looks.
Reply:it means tattoos are pretty
Reply:It is a saying.





It means a lot.





I mean the beauty.





Beautiful people are always in demand and they command, power, wealth and prestige.





As far as saying goes it means "beauty is superficial". It is not a deep quality, this may be base no the fact that, all absolute power corrupts absolutely. This is not totally true any way and all sayings are base on peoples pass experience it is the one of the sayings that is very popular(well known).





It is sometime use to convince a child that, the child must not be blinded by the beauty, it might be used as a consolations.





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I had chance to go back and scan all the other answers and they all look good, up to and including Keith Perry.
Reply:cut off your face and then ask this question again
Reply:People say that as a warning. If the person has a mean or ugly character, the beauty on the outside won't be enough. Finding someone who is beautiful both inside and outside is a wonderful thing.
Reply:Ugly is to the bone.
Reply:just cause they are pretty on the inside doesn' t mean tha atthey are on the inside
Reply:It means that what's on the inside that is really what is beautiful. I used to date a model that was the bitchiest and most irritating girl I've ever met. She's ugly to me now and everybody asks, "How could you dump her???" Stupid people only care about the outside.
Reply:Meaning that if there is no beauty on the inside there won't be any on the outside.
Reply:beauty that is based on your appearance not your personality.
Reply:it means you gotta have more going on than good looks, looks fade, so is there enough personality there to keep you together when your both 70!!!
Reply:I means that some people are only looking for pretty people to associate with and disregard the mind for knowledge and the heart for love and the overall body for strength.
Reply:Rent the movie "Shallow Hal." It will not only answer your question but it's a hoot as well.
Reply:It means that beauty on the ouside doesn't matter.


It's what's on the inside that counts.





For example...





You can be really beautiful but be very rude and have a horrible personality.





OR





You can be not so good-looking but have a wonderful personality.





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Reply:It means you can be beautiful on the outside and have a ugly inside meaning your personality.
Reply:It means that outward beauty does not always mean that the person has inner beauty. To be truly beautiful a person must also possess inner beauty.
Reply:It's the first part of the saying. The rest is, But ugly is to the bone.
Reply:Just because your beautiful on the outside doesn't make you a nice person. There has to be a good personality to make a person truly beautiful, inside and out. If you're pretty and mean to everyone, nobody will like you. Beauty isn't everything.
Reply:2 ways to look at it, no matter how pleasant the face or surface is you don't know what lies underneath, or don't let a less than beautiful exterior keep you from seeing the true person beneath.
Reply:Because allot of people have beauty inside but do not show it visible! And really that is the BEAST beauty to fined...
Reply:means how a person is inside..feelings..thoughts..compasion for others..empathy for others etc..the true soul of the person in person ..which is described as beauty in this case...is much more important than having a head turning drop dead gorgeous body and face on the outside
Reply:Means that true beauty is found past the obvious. . ,One should look for "Inner Beauty" in a person, as "outer beauty" can cover the ugliness that can only be found once you know the person. We do have people that have both inner and outer beauty. . .
Reply:It means you can be beautiful on the outside, but not on the inside. What's on the inside (your character) is what matters.
Reply:THAT YOU MAY BE BEAUTIFUL ON THE OUTSIDE BUT YOUR PERSONALITY SUCKS.
Reply:It is basically saying beauty is not what the person is about ...it is a cover ....for the body...and inner self . It is saying look inside of a person for the true beauty...outside beauty will leave us all eventually so you had better have something good on the inside. it is saying ..."Don't judge a book by it's cover".....What is on the outside can be deceiving....look inside to a persons heart. That is where you will find their true beauty.
Reply:Means that beauty goes beyond the physical. It's not how you look, but how you treat others that's important.
Reply:it means the true beauty of the person in side them
Reply:It means you can be very beautiful in looks but you can be very ugly in attitude.





Just because you are beautiful does not make you a beautiful person.
Reply:it means that no matter how good you look its your personality that Reilly matters. A beautiful person who has a bad personality %26amp; treats people like there there for his use only will allways be disliked.an ugly person with a careing loveing attitude will allways have careing frinds %26amp; genneraly be well liked. Don't judge a person on what you see,looks can be deciving.
Reply:it's not very deep cause the skin's not very deep. so it doesn't matter that much how you look, it's what is inside that counts.