A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful. ✨ Karl Kraus, Jonathan Mc…

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A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful. ✨ Karl Kraus, Jonathan McVity (2001). Dicta and Contradicta, p.9, University of Illinois Press
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