Original text (Latin)
Inasmuch as love grows in you, in so much beauty grows; for love is itself the beauty of the soul.
It is love that asks, that seeks, that knocks, that finds, and that is faithful to what it finds.
What, then, does He say? "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.
Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
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