David Hume Quote

If the contemplation, even of inanimate beauty, is so delightful; if it ravishes the senses, even when the fair form is foreign tous: What must be the effects of moral beauty? And what influence must it have, when it embellishes our own mind, and is the result of our own reflection and industry?

Essays and treatises on several subjects in two volumes: Essays, moral, political, and literacy (ed. 1809)