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Villainy The eyesight is like a gentleman, darkness like a villain; hence we witness the latter invariably obstructing the eyesight in its vision, even though the eye on its part has given no cause for it to darkness.
Love's Nectar-Sting The first embrace of love is like the taste of ambrosia, but its final sting is like the envenomed bite of a deadly snake! One who cannot absorb the venom of that sting, cannot attain love, but will be overwhelmed by bestiality!
Caution Whether it be an outburst of fury, or an overspreading dome of pride; whether it be a whirlwind of illusion or a bottomless abyss of avarice—whatever that may be, it is nothing but the macabre dance of the spectre of illusion transfigured into a ghost of passion. Beware, therefore, O Soul! Beware! .. ...
