We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
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Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect finds the way to its flower, with a will which nothing can dismay nor turn aside.
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For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth.
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The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
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