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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 t
by parenthesis 15y ago
"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 (in The Twits)
- end550 15y agoI feel like that's a cruel thing to say. "You're supposed to put your guard down when you're ugly".
- dodo53 15y agoOr worse - reverse it and you have if I think you're ugly, you can't have good thoughts.
- reddit_clone 15y agoI wouldn't go that far. But it is true (in my experience) that good looking people are a bit more self-absorbed than normal.
- dot 15y agoNo. "You're supposed to not worry so much." People are drawn to people that are happy. It's a very attractive trait.
- fabulous 15y agothat's what ugly people say :D
- Monkeyget 15y ago"What is good looking, but looking good? Be good, be womanly, be gentle,—generous in your sympathies, heedful of the well-being of all around you; and, my word for it, you will not lack kind words of admiration." -- John Greenleaf Whittier