“Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.”
L'homme est ainsi bâti: Quand un sujet l'enflamme
L'impossibilité disparaît à son âme.
Book VIII (1678-1679), fable 25.
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L'homme est ainsi bâti: Quand un sujet l'enflamme L'impossibilité disparaît à son âme.
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