A scowl extinguishes comeliness

 A scowling look is altogether unnatural, when it is often assumed, the result is that all comeliness dies away, and at last is so completely extinguished that it cannot be again lighted up at all.  Marcus Aurelius.  Meditations.  Book 7.

Roman bust in the courtyard of the Palazzo Altemps 260 - 280 CE,

Portrait Head of a Barbarian (probably a Dacian) Roman Trajanic Period  1st - 2nd century CE Marble photographed at the Seattle Art Museum

Roman emperor Caracalla (188 CE - 217 CE) photographed at the Museo Archaeologico Nazionale di Napoli in Naples, Italy

Roman Gentleman who may have suffered a stroke Rome Italy 120 CE Marble photographed at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Missouri


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