He'll be all right when he's married, as Mama says; and reformed rakes make the best husbands, everybody knows. I only wish he were not so uglythat's all I think aboutbut then there's no choice here in the country.
I grant an ugly woman is a blot on the fair face of creation; but as to the gentleman, let them be solicitous to possess only strength and valour: let their motto be:Hunt, shoot, and fight: the rest is not worth a flip.
All Middlesex is ugly, notwithstanding the millions upon millionswhichit iscontinuallysucking up fromtherestof the kingdom.
Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.
There isnothing ugly; I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it maylight, shade and perspective will always make it beautiful.
Errors look so very ugly in persons of small meansone feels they are taking quite a liberty in going astray; whereas people of fortunemay naturally indulgeina few delinquencies.
Beauty isthe first test: there isno permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
Me' re Ubu, tu es bien laide aujourd'hui. Est-ce parce que nous avons du monde? Mother Ubu, you are very ugly today. Is it because we have company?
A tourist is an ugly human being.
It is better to be beautiful than to be good.Butit is better to be good than to be ugly.
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