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"And we learn this truth from His sight: That all we taste, in comparison with that which remains out of our reach, Is no more than a single drop of water compared with the whole sea.... We hunger for God’s Infinity, which we cannot devour, And we aspire to His Eternity, which we cannot attain.... In this storm of love, our activity is above reason and is in no wise. Love desires that which is impossible to her; And reason teaches that love is within her rights, but can neither counsel nor persuade her."
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"Of how much more passion than reason has Jupiter composed us? putting in, as one would say, "scarce half an ounce to a pound."
— Desiderius Erasmus
Philosophy1466–1536
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