Everything that's miserable in the world,” Nick the dwarf once said to me, "is because of beauty.”
"Not truth or goodness?” I'd asked.
"Oh, they help. But beauty is the culprit, the real principle of evil.”
"Not wealth? (Roger Zelazny)

Everything that's miserable in the world,” Nick the dwarf once said to me, "is because of beauty.” "Not truth or goodness?” I'd asked. "Oh, they help. But beauty is the culprit, the real principle of evil.” "Not wealth?

Roger Zelazny

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