Affection should not be too sharp eyed, and love is not made by magnif…

Thomas Browne
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Affection should not be too sharp eyed, and love is not made by magnifying glasses. ✨ Sir Thomas Browne (1852). The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Hydriotaphia. Brampton urns. A letter to a friend, upon occasion of the death of his intimate friend. Christian morals, &c. Miscellany tracts. Repertorium. Miscellanies. Domestic correspondence, journals, &c. Miscellaneous correspondence, p.115
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