He is really not so ugly after all, provided, of course, that one shuts one's eyes, and does not look at him.
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"The Birthday of the Infanta", The House of Pomegranates (1892).Oscar Wilde
You could grind a dog's head and a shoe together into a paste and spoon-feed it to me, and I'd probably think it was chicken liver pate, provided I kept my eyes closed, and provided you plucked all the dog hair out beforehand, and provided you'd managed to find a pestle and mortar big enough to mash it all up in, and provided - look, it wouldn't be worth it. I'm just saying I can't taste anything. There's no need to get carried away. What's the matter with you? You're an idiot.
Charlie Brooker
An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
Cato the Elder
I wasn't asleep! said Bruno, in a deeply-injured tone. "When I shuts mine eyes, it's to show that I'm awake!"
Charles (Lewis Carroll) Dodgson
I wasn't asleep! said Bruno, in a deeply-injured tone. "When I shuts mine eyes, it's to show that I'm awake!"
Lewis Carroll
Ugly problems often require ugly solutions. Solving an ugly problem in a pure manner is bloody hard.
Rasmus Lerdorf
Wilde, Oscar
Wildeblood, Peter
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