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Quotation from Legends of Charlemagne by Thomas Bulfinch

“Ah, how easy it is to lose one's reason! Some lose theirs by yielding to the sway of the passions;”

Thomas Bulfinch (spoken by Narrator)

Legends of Charlemagne, Astolpho in Abyssinia (Project Gutenberg #4927)

Portrait of Thomas Bulfinch

The narrator comments on the many vials of wits belonging to people who passed among men for wise.

Citation: "Ah, how easy it is to lose one's reason! Some lose theirs by yielding to the sway of the passions;" — Thomas Bulfinch, Legends of Charlemagne, Astolpho in Abyssinia (Project Gutenberg #4927). (id bulfinch-legends-of-charlemagne-q4)

Portrait: ThomasBulfinch, Bulfinch, Public domain.

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