Countenance may refer to:
- Human physical appearance
- Countenance divine, or divine countenance, a reference to the literal or metaphorical face of God
- Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, called Operation Countenance, the 1941 invasion of Iran by the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union
Famous quotes containing the word countenance:
“Beautiful women seldom want to act. They are afraid of emotion and they do not try to extract anything from a character that they are portraying, because in expressing emotion they may encourage crow’s feet and laughing wrinkles. They avoid anything that will disturb their placidity of countenance, for placidity of countenance insures a smooth skin.”
—Laurette Taylor (1887–1946)
“But when your countenance filled up his line,
Then lacked I matter; that enfeebled mine.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“I love a gay and sociable wisdom, and shun harshness and austerity in behaviour, holding every surly countenance suspect.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)