Ralph Venning. 1620(?)-1673. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Ralph Venning. (1620(?)–1673)

All the beauty of the world, ’t is but skin deep. 1

Orthodoxe Paradoxes. (Third edition, 1650.) The Triumph of Assurance, p. 41.

They spare the rod, and spoyle the child. 2

Mysteries and Revelations, p. 5. (1649.)

Note 1.
Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in fine gay colours that are but skin-deep.—Mathew Henry: Commentaries. Genesis iii. [back]

Note 2.
See Skelton, Quotation 1. [back]