to influence a person is to give him one's own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. His virtues are not real to him. His sins, if there are such things as sins, are borrowed. He becomes an echo of someone else's music, an actor of a part that has not been written for him.
Those who see any difference between soul and body have neither.
What is a friend?
A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Ce n’est pas toujours le dévot extrème
Le plus vrai croyant,
Ni toujours celui qui dit: je vous aime,
Le mieux vous aimant.
Sometimes the desire to confess is overwhelming, and we must seize the moment.
Just let our spirits live on, through our lyrics
That you hear in our songs.
Et pourtant elle est éternelle,
Et ceux qui se sont passés d'elle
Ici-bas ont tout ignoré.
Dieu parle, il faut qu'on lui réponde.
Le seul bien qui me reste au monde
Est d'avoir quelquefois pleuré.
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