We no longer dare to believe in beauty and we make of it a mere appearance in order the more easily to dispose of it. (Hans Urs von Balthasar)

We no longer dare to believe in beauty and we make of it a mere appearance in order the more easily to dispose of it.

Hans Urs von Balthasar

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