Time has no respect for beauty.
Time has no respect for beauty.
Meaning in plain English
Time having no respect for beauty pictures beauty as receiving no exemption from change. It questions the idea that attractiveness makes something permanent.
Example
A reader considers the impermanence image without turning it into criticism of someone’s changing appearance.
Deeper explanation and when to use it
Respect personifies time as a power that does not grant special treatment. The supplied gloss instead concerns mutual respect between older and younger people, which is a different idea. A responsible reading explains change without assigning human worth by appearance or treating ageing as a personal fault.
When to use it
Use it to discuss change without ranking people by beauty or age.
Keep in mind
No specific ageing process or loss of human worth is established; the supplied respect gloss differs.
Edsverb editorial interpretation · agent reviewed · 2026-10-05. This explains the saying; it does not establish its historical origin.
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Supplied reference A; unit 844; PDF page 119
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