Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty. (David Hume)

Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.

David Hume

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