Getting accustomed to ugliness and to beauty are equally signs of vulgarity.

Evidence

“I don’t kfiow which of these two shows man’s vulgarity more: when he gets accustomed to ugliness or when he gets accustomed to beauty. — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 186

Categorization

Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims

• APHORISMS: A timeless, slightly unsettling observation about habituation and taste.
• CANDY: Tightly quotable, needs zero context, an easy conversation-starter about taste and habituation.