The world's as ugly, ay, as Sin,—
And almost as delightful.


The Jester's Plea; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).


The world's as ugly, ay, as Sin,— And almost as delightful.

The world's as ugly, ay, as Sin,— And almost as delightful.

The world's as ugly, ay, as Sin,— And almost as delightful.

The world's as ugly, ay, as Sin,— And almost as delightful.