Don't allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily
Frederick expected that he would have felt spasms of joy; but the passions grow pale when we find ourselves in an altered situation; and, as he no longer saw Madame Arnoux in the environment wherein he had known her, she seemed to him to have lost some of her fascination; to have degenerated in some way that he could not comprehend__n fact, not to be the same. He was astonished at the serenity of his own heart. © Project Gutenberg /... sentimentele sl_besc cînd le schimbi locul...
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Frederick expected that he would have felt spasms of joy; but the passions grow pale when we find ourselves in an altered situation; and, as he no longer saw Madame Arnoux in the environment wherein he had known her, she seemed to him to have lost some of her fascination; to have degenerated in some way that he could not comprehend__n fact, not to be the same. He was astonished at the serenity of his own heart. © Project Gutenberg /... sentimentele sl_besc cînd le schimbi locul...
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