In other words, all men and women will never be beautiful. But there might easily be fewer ugly human beings in the world than there are at present.

换言之，不可能所有的男人和女人都美丽，但是和现在相比，这个世界上无疑能够少一些丑陋的人。

They travelled for thirteen hours down-hill, whilst the streams broadened and the mountains shrank, and the vegetation changed, and the people ceased being ugly and drinking beer, and began instead to drink wine and to be beautiful.

他们下山走了十三个小时，溪流变宽了，山脉变窄了，草木也变了，人们不再丑陋和喝啤酒，而是开始喝酒和变美。

For example: being poor means less money and possessions to worry about, and being ugly means that we're less likely to end up in a string of abusive relationships, and that people like us for our personality instead of looks.

贫穷意味着要操心的金钱和财产更少，丑陋意味着我们不太可能陷入一系列虐待关系，人们喜欢我们是因为我们的个性而不是外表。