Face

Face

The face is a central sense organ complex, normally on the ventral surface of the head for animals that have one. It can, depending on the definition in the human case, include the hair, forehead, eyebrow, eyelashes, eyes, nose, ears, cheeks, mouth, lips, philtrum, temple, teeth, skin, and chin. The face has uses of expression, appearance, and identity amongst others. It also has different senses like olfaction, taste, hearing, and vision.

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Famous quotes containing the word face:

    His face was as the heav’ns, and therein stuck
    A sun and moon, which kept their course, and lighted
    The little O, th’ earth.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    Nor now the long light on the sea—
    And here face downward in the sun
    To feel how swift how secretly
    The shadow of the night comes on . . .
    Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982)

    You see, Mr. Gittes, most people never have to face the fact that at the right time, in the right place, they’re capable ofanything.
    Robert Towne (b. 1936)