text: the ugly and stupid have the best of it in this world they can sit at their ease and gape at the play if they know nothing of victory they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat they live as we all should live undisturbed indifferent and without disquiet they never bring ruin upon others nor ever receive it from alien hands your rank and wealth henry my brains such as they are my art whatever it may be worth dorian gray s good looks we shall all suffer for what the gods have given us suffer terribly