The habit of looking for beauty in everything makes us notice the shor…

George Santayana
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The habit of looking for beauty in everything makes us notice the shortcomings of things, our sense, hungry for complete satisfaction, misses the perfection it demands. ✨ George Santayana (2012). The Sense of Beauty, p.77, Courier Corporation
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