beauty is in the eye of the beholder

English

people have different ideas of what is beautiful

Arabic: الْجَمَالُ هُوَ فِي عَيْنِ النَّاظِرِ‎ (al-jamālu huwa fī ʿayni n-nāẓiri), ^{(please verify)} الْجَمَالُ مَقْرُون بِعَيْنِ الْمُلَاحِظِ‎ (al-jamālu maqrūn biʿayni l-mulāḥiẓi)
Bulgarian: красота́та е в очи́те на гле́дащия (krasotáta e v očíte na glédaštija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 情人眼裡出西施 (zh), 情人眼里出西施 (zh) (qíngrén yǎnlǐ chū Xī Shī), 情人眼中出西施 (qíngrén yǎnzhōng chū Xīshī)
Danish: skønhed ligger i øjet der ser
Estonian: ilu on vaataja silmades
Finnish: kauneus on katsojan silmissä
German: Schönheit liegt im Auge des Betrachters (de), die Schönheit liegt im Auge des Betrachters (de)
Hindi: खूबसूरती देखने वालों के आँखों में होती है (khūbsūrtī dekhne vālõ ke ā̃khõ mẽ hotī hai)
Hungarian: a szépség a szemlélő szemében van
Italian: la bellezza sta negli occhi di chi guarda

Korean: 아름다움은 그것을 보는 사람 눈에 달려있다 (areumdaumeun geugeoseul boneun saram nune dallyeoitda)
Malay:
Jawi: ايلوق بوروق د مات اورڠ تقکن سام د مات کيت‎

Rumi: elok buruk di mata orang takkan sama di mata kita
Polish: nie to ładne, co ładne, ale to co się komu podoba
Portuguese: a beleza está nos olhos de quem vê (pt)
Russian: не по хоро́шу мил, а по ми́лу хоро́ш (ne po xoróšu mil, a po mílu xoróš)
Slovene: vsake oči imajo svojega malarja
Swedish: skönheten ligger i betraktarens ögon
Turkish: güzellik bakanın gözündedir

Gregory Y. Titelman (1996) Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, →ISBN, page 21

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