Kavyalankarasarasamgraha 7.43

7.43

yadi bhavati vacaścyutaṃ guṇebhyo vapuriva yauvanavandhyamaṅganāyāḥ /
api janadayatāni durbhagatvaṃ niyatamalaṅkaraṇāni saṃśrayante //

If speech is devoid of qualities, like the body of a woman bereft of youth, / even ornaments loved by people inevitably incur misfortune.”