Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is not really beautiful and he suspects this himself; for why does he look on the face of his fellow-man with such scorn?
Writers are not always right however, but then again, I've been on shows where the actors have complete control and change everything and it's terrible.
My wife was afraid of the dark... then she saw me naked and now she's afraid of the light.