Ugly Sisters

The ugly sisters are characters in the fairy tale and pantomime, Cinderella. They are the daughters of Cinderella's cruel stepmother, who treat her poorly. The "ugly sisters" have been in variations of the story from as early as researchers have been able to determine.

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Famous quotes containing the words ugly and/or sisters:

    The cripple tardy-gaited night,
    Who like a foul and ugly witch doth limp
    So tediously away.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    ‘Tis not Apollo can, or those thrice three
    Castalian sisters sing, if wanting thee.
    Horace, Anacreon both had lost their fame.
    Had’st thou not filled them with thy fire and flame.
    Robert Herrick (1591–1674)