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Gittin' talked about is one o' th' penalties for bein' purty, while bein' above suspicion is about th' only compensation fer bein' homely.

— Kin Hubbard

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Source: Abe Martin's Primer : The Collected Writings of Abe Martin and his Brown County, Indiana, Neighbors (1914)
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Notes from Wikiquote

As quoted in Instant Quotation Dictionary (1969) by Donald O. Bolander, p. 23.

Variants

Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely.

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