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" Thou standest in the way of thine own good,
And overlookest first all blemishes
Of mind and body of thy much preferred,
Desirable dame. For so men do,
Eyeless with passion, and assign to them
Graces not theirs in fact. And thus we see
Creatures in many a wise crooked and ugly
The prosperous sweethearts in a high esteem "

Lucretius , De Rerum Natura 4 (Classical Texts)


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Lucretius quote : Thou standest in the way of thine own good,<br /> And overlookest first all blemishes<br /> Of mind and body of thy much preferred,<br /> Desirable dame. For so men do,<br /> Eyeless with passion, and assign to them<br /> Graces not theirs in fact. And thus we see<br /> Creatures in many a wise crooked and ugly<br /> The prosperous sweethearts in a high esteem