[The Witch of Prague by F. Marion Crawford]@TWC D-Link bookThe Witch of Prague CHAPTER III 16/28
"It is the other way. Enjoyment is the universal solvent of all arguments.
No reason can resist its mordant action.
It will dissolve any philosophy not founded upon it and modelled out of its substance, as Aqua Regia will dissolve all metals, even to gold itself.
Enjoyment? Enjoyment is the protest of reality against the tyranny of fiction." The little man stopped short in his walk, striking his heavy stick sharply upon the pavement and looking up at his companion, very much as a man of ordinary size looks up at the face of a colossal statue. "Have wisdom and study led you no farther than that conclusion ?" Keyork's eyes brightened suddenly, and a peal of laughter, deep and rich, broke from his sturdy breast and rolled long echoes through the dismal lane, musical as a hunting-song heard among great trees in winter.
But his ivory features were not discomposed, though his white beard trembled and waved softly like a snowy veil blown about by the wind. "If wisdom can teach how to prolong the lease, what study can be compared with that of which the results may beautify the dwelling? What more can any man do for himself than make himself happy? The very question is absurd.
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