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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.
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Abe Martin's Primer : The Collected Writings of Abe Martin and his Brown County, Indiana, Neighbors (1914)
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Variant: 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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As quoted in Instant Quotation Dictionary (1969) by Donald O. Bolander, p. 23

 

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