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Oscar Wilde

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.

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Oscar Wilde suggests that physical beauty holds more value than moral goodness, but moral goodness is still more important than being physically unattractive. He highlights a hierarchy where appearance matters, yet character ultimately outweighs ugliness.

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