He no longer loves the person whom he loved ten years ago. I quite believe it. She is no longer the same, nor is he. He was young, and she also; she is quite different. He would perhaps love her yet, if she were what she was then.

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We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no wish to find them alike.

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Contraries.—Man is naturally credulous and incredulous, timid and rash.

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Description of man: dependency, desire of independence, need.

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Condition of man: inconstancy, weariness, unrest.

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