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A mind might ponder its thought for ages and not gain so much self-knowledge as the passion of love shall teach it in a day.
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The lover sees no resemblance except to summer evenings and diamond mornings, to rainbows and the song of birds.
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The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried.
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The first and last lesson of the useful arts is, that Nature tyrannizes over our works.