Beauty is only skin deep

Cultural  

1. Physical beauty is superficial and is not as important as a person's intellectual, emotional, and spiritual qualities.

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beauty is only skin deep Idioms  

1. External attractiveness has no relation to goodness or essential quality. This maxim was first stated by Sir Thomas Overbury in his poem “A Wife” (1613): “All the carnall beauty of my wife is but skin-deep.“

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Example Sentences

It’s hard to grow up being told beauty is only skin deep, only to see it valued above nearly all else.

From Los Angeles Times

In “Beauty Is Only Skin Deep,” what seems to be an embracing Black couple provides one of the show’s most peaceful, romantic moments.

From New York Times

What she needs to learn is that true beauty is only skin deep.

From Salon

“Beauty is only skin deep,” Parker said, “but ugly goes clean to the bone.”

From New York Times

In a larger sense, however, the A-lister has previously revealed that she thinks beauty is only skin deep.

From Fox News