Is it indeed from the experience of beauty and happiness, from the occ…

George Santayana
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Is it indeed from the experience of beauty and happiness, from the occasional harmony between our nature and our environment, that we draw our conception of the divine life. ✨ George Santayana (2004). The Sense of Beauty, p.10, Cosimo, Inc.
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Is it indeed from the experience of beauty and happiness, from the occasional harmony between our nature and our environment, that we draw our conception of the divine life. ✨ George Santayana (2004). The Sense of Beauty, p.10, Cosimo, Inc.

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