It is the same in life; the heart changes, and that is our worst misfortune; but we learn of it only from reading or by imagination; for in reality its alteration, like that of certain natural phenomena, is so gradual that, even if we are able to distinguish, successively, each of its different states, we are still spared the actual sensation of change. Lygiai taip gyvenime kei?iasi ir m?s? širdis, ir tai skaudžiausia; ta?iau patiriame t? Skausm? Tik skaitydami knygas, vaizduot?je; tikrov?je jos keitimasis, kaip ir kai kuri? Gamtos reiškini? Vyksmas yra toks l?tas, kad nors ir galime konstatuoti kiekvien? Atskir? B?sen, paties keitimosi pajusti nepaj?giame.