She is not a modest woman who strives to stir up the fancy of another—even though her physical chastity is preserved. Away with those who do not really adorn their beauty, but prostitute it instead. For anxiety about beauty is to only the wisdom of an evil mind, but belongs to deformity…. Why is the color of hair changed? Why are the edges of the eyes darkened? Why is the face moulded by art into a different form?
Novatian (ca. 235), 5:591. Cited in A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, edited by David W. Bercot, Pg. 177
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