“I’ll follow thee and make a heaven of hell,
To die upon the hand I love so well.”
William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream
Source: A Midsummer Night's Dream
“Meditate upon my counsels; love them; follow them;
To the divine virtues will they know how to lead thee.”
As translated by Fabre d'Olivet
The Golden Verses
Context: Meditate upon my counsels; love them; follow them;
To the divine virtues will they know how to lead thee.
I swear it by the One who in our hearts engraved
The sacred Tetrad, symbol immense and pure,
Source of Nature and model of the Gods.
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