It is not beauty that endears, it's love that makes us see beauty. ✨ L…

Leo Tolstoy
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It is not beauty that endears, it's love that makes us see beauty. ✨ Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude, Aylmer Maude, Amy Mandelker (2010). War and Peace, p.1241, Oxford University Press
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