Ugliness

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A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

Roald Dahl

The Twits

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Topic

Ugliness Beauty

Author

Roald Dahl

Source

The Twits

Medium

Novel

Genre

Children's literature

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dahl, Roald. The Twits. Jonathan Cape, 1980.

I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may-light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful.

John Constable

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Topic

Perspective Ugliness Beauty

Speaker

John Constable

Source

Memoirs of the Life of John Constable

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Constable, John. Quoted in Memoirs of the Life of John Constable, written and edited by C.R. Leslie. London: James Carpenter, 1843, ch. 17.

Current Citation

Constable, John. Quoted in Constable: Memoirs of the Life (Arts & Letters), written and edited by C.R. Leslie. Phaidon, 1995.