“It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.”

Source: The History of Pendennis (1848-1850), Ch. 6.
Context: It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all. Some of us can't: and are proud of our impotence, too.

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