It is the cathedral that you will see first. As you journey along the road you come to a break in the trees and there it is, massive and magnificent, cresting the hilltop in the morning sun. Despite the wooden scaffolding at its west end,
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The cathedral was the centerpiece of a medieval city and was the tallest building in the area, visible for many miles around.
“If others had not been foolish, we should be so.”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“Folly is the cloak of knavery.”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“... I revere you! I esteem and admire you above all human beings! you are the friend to whom my soul is attached as to its better half! you are the most amiable, the most perfect of women! and you are dearer to me than language has the power of telling.”
― Evelina
― Evelina
“As the caterpiller chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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