What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness. ✨ Le…

Leo Tolstoy
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness. ✨ Leo Tolstoy (2012). The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Short Stories, p.78, Courier Corporation
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