Beauty is terrible and awful because it's not comprehensible... - Prince Andrei Bolkonsky

This quote is attributed to Prince Andrei Bolkonsky.

"Beauty is terrible and awful because it's not comprehensible, and nothing ought to be incomprehensible in the world."

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