Face

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A wasp stings the crying face.

All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

An elephant may be big, but it falls on its face more often than an ant.

As long as my face is on page one, I don't care what they say about me on page seventeen.
Mick Jagger

As plain as the nose on your face.
It is obvious.

He had a blue coat and a long brown beard; his eyes were blue and bright, and his face was red as a ripe apple, but creased into a hundred wrinkles of laughter.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Source: The Fellowship of the Ring
Description of Tom Bombadil

He is my first olive: let me make a face while I swallow it.
Elizabeth Gaskell
Source: North and South

He was as noble and fair in face as an elf-lord, as strong as a warrior, as wise as a wizard, as venerable as a king of dwarves, and as kind as summer.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Source: The Hobbit - Chapter 3 - A Short Rest
About Elrond.

He who hurts his nose, hurts his face.

I never forget a face — but I’m going to make an exception in your case!
Groucho Marx

I've never seen a smiling face that was not beautiful.
(unknown author)

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.
George Orwell
Source: 1984

If you wish to know the divine, feel the wind on your face and the warm sun on your hand.
Gautama Buddha

Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.
Mark Twain

Only real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.
Only a real friend will tell you the truth about yourself.

The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky
Also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands, saying how do you do
They're only saying I love you
Louis Armstrong
Source: Lyrics: What a Wonderful World

Turn your face toward the sun and the shadows fall behind you.
Be optimistic. Think positively.

Watermelon: a good fruit. You eat, you drink, you wash your face.
(unknown author)




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