“…the madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings…”

—  Plato , book Phaedrus

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ἐπ᾽ εὐτυχίᾳ τῇ μεγίστῃ παρὰ θεῶν ἡ τοιαύτη μανία [sc. ὁ ἔρως] δίδοται

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