Audrey Hepburn

For attractive lips,
Speak words of kindness.

For lovely eyes,
Seek out the good in people.

For a slim figure,
Share your food with the hungry.

For beautiful hair,
Llet a child run his fingers through it once a day.

For poise,
Walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone.

People, even more than things,
Have to be restored, renewed, revived,
Reclaimed and redeemed and redeemed.

Never throw out anybody.
Remember,
If you ever need a helping hand,
You'll find one at the end of your arm.

As you grow older
You will discover that you have two hands.

One for helping yourself,
The other for helping others.

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears,
The figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes,
Because that is the doorway to her heart,
The place where love resides.     

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole,
But true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.
It is the caring that she lovingly gives,
The passion that she shows,
And the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!     

- <Time Tested Beauty Tips> by Sam Levenson (1911~1980)




이 작품은 영국이 낳은 불세출의 여배우 Audrey Hepburn 이 생전에 가장 좋아했던 시로 알려져 있으며, 그가 떠나기 전 마지막으로 보냈던 가족들과의 크리스마스에서 자기 아이들에게 낭송하기도 하여, 마치 그녀의 남긴 유언으로 잘못 알려져 있기도 하다. 평탄하지만 않았던, 그러나 화려했던 젊은 날의 영화를 등지고, 그녀는 노년의 여생을 국제 구호 단체인 UNICEF에 몸 담고 아프리카 빈민 지역 아동들을 위한 봉사 활동으로 생을 마무리했다.