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A Face (n.) never ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠deceives; it is we who deceive ourselves by reading into it what is not there.

The Face (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an expression and revelation of the whole character, as evidenced by the fact that people are always anxious to see anyone who has made himself famous.

A Face (n.) that ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠looks clever is the more surely clever the uglier it is, and one that looks stupid is the more surely stupid the more beautiful it is.

A Face (n.) states ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what a man is; his words state only what he thinks — more often what he has learnt, or merely what he pretends to think.

A Face (n.) of ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠genius shows knowledge visibly outweighing will — a glance keen and steady; ordinary faces show the will, with knowledge set to work only by its motives.

A Face (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a hieroglyph whose whole alphabet we carry with us — the compendium of all a man will ever say; his tongue speaks one man's thoughts, his face a thought of nature.

A Face (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠carved by thought: every petty, jealous, spiteful desire leaves its impress for as long as it lasts, until the marks become furrows — while the faces of thinkers reach their sublime expression only in old age.