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“The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the play. If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat.”
Oscar Wilde
,
The Picture of Dorian Gray
“When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly.”
Lao Tzu
,
Tao Te Ching
“I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a person could get.”
Charles Bukowski
,
Ham on Rye
“He had a theory, Walt, that the religious life, and all the agony that goes with it, is just something God sicks on people who have the gall to accuse Him of having created an ugly world.”
J. D. Salinger
,
Franny and Zooey
“Everyone loved her, but her greatest sorrow was that she could find no one to love in return, since all the men were much too stupid and ugly to mate with one so beautiful and wise.”
L. Frank Baum
,
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
“His face was stern, and much flushed. If he were really not in the habit of drinking rather more than was exactly good for him, he might have brought action against his countenance for libel, and have recovered heavy damages.”
Charles Dickens
,
Oliver Twist
“I liked the area, it had great shade trees, and since some people had told me that I was ugly, I always preferred shade to the sun, darkness to light.”
Charles Bukowski
,
Ham on Rye
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beauty
stupidity
face
defeat
drinking
love
God
loneliness
self
religion
darkness
light
comparison
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