Ugliness is better than beauty. It lasts longer and, in the end, gravity will get us all.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker values ugliness over beauty because it endures longer in the face of time.
- In plain terms
- Ugliness lasts longer than beauty because time affects us all.
- What can you take from it?
- Beauty fades, but character or substance may remain.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What lasts longer, beauty or truth?
- Does ugliness have value?
Another view
Beauty can be more than skin deep.
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