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For this reason there is no truth comparable to sorrow.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself