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Originally Posted by Criseyde  It seems like a strange thing to value, because it is meaningless. |
It's also fleeting. Time is the biggest element, but there are plenty of things that can affect one's "beauty" (disease, accident, poor plastic surgery decisions, etc.). A rose may be very beautiful and fragrant, indeed, but eventually the petals drop off and the blossom fades away (and you don't even get fruit like you do with many other plants).
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Originally Posted by Criseyde And, funnily enough, it's the one personal characteristic you can't REALLY change. |
I would argue that intelligence is largely unchangeable. You can increase your knowledge, and improve your thinking ability (through various training programs, etc.), but if someone is not naturally in the far end of the intelligence bell curve, they're just never going to be there. I'm sure there are other personal characteristics that are similar, but I can't think of any just at the moment (I'm just about to shoot out the door, though
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