The Men Who Abandon Themselves

The Men Who Abandon Themselves To The Passions Of This Miserable Life, Are Compared In Scripture To Beasts.

The Beginning Of Wisdom Is Found In Doubting; By Doubting We Come To The Question, And By Seeking We May Come Upon The Truth.

Under The Pretext Of Study We Spent Our Hours In The Happiness Of Love, And Learning Held Out To Us The Secret Opportunities That Our Passion Craved. Our Speech Was More Of Love Than Of The Books Which Lay Open Before Us; Our Kisses Far Outnumbered Our Reasoned Words.

Be Precise In The Use Of Words And Expect Precision From Others

And Now, My Friend, I Am Going To Expose To You All My Weaknesses. All Men, I Believe, Are Under A Necessity Of Paying Tribute At Some Time Or Other To Love, And It Is Vain To Strive To Avoid It. I Was A Philosopher, Yet This Tyrant Of The Mind Triumphed Over All My Wisdom; His Darts Were Of Greater Force Than All My Reasonings, And With A Sweet Constraint He Led Me Wherever He Pleased.