Intelligence and effort can be no compensation for ugliness.

Hanif Kureishi
About This Quote

The ability to be smart and yet have something ugly on the outside does not make up for all of the redeeming qualities that are on the inside. Intelligence and effort are different forms of intelligence. Some people may have intelligence in one area of their life while being stupid in another. If you are intelligent, but have a bad personality, then intelligence is not enough to compensate for that ugliness.

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