Though ugliness be the opposite of beauty, it is not the opposite to proportion and fitness; for it ...

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Though ugliness be the opposite of beauty, it is not the opposite to proportion and fitness; for it is possible that a thing may be very ugly with any proportions, and with a perfect fitness for any use.

Edmund Burke

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Edmund Burke

Anglo-Irish statesman and political theorist

January 12th, 1729 - July 9th, 1797

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