Truth, like a woman, must be wooed and won

 

Truth, like a woman, must be wooed and won - and this only through the purity of mind and the heart’s deep love.
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p. 388

 

David Zindell

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O woman! lovely woman! Nature made thee
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For, once he thrilled with high romance
And tuned to love his eager voice.
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He wooed the maiden of his choice.
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