But what if he were to have your brains and my beauty?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Shaw questions the value of having brains combined with beauty.
- In plain terms
- What if someone had both intelligence and beauty?
- What can you take from it?
- Combining brains and beauty challenges assumptions.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What matters more?
- Brains or beauty?
Another view
The question is rhetorical without a clear answer.
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