Book 2, Chapter 19: Illusions and Disillusions

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​⁠It is a generally accepted belief that of all the remedies for an aching heart, the most effective is distraction of the mind from the subject of its affliction. And probably the belief is well founded. But it usually happens that the sufferer is the last to recognize the virtues of the remedy, preferring to nurse in solitude a secret grief and to savour again and yet again the bitterness of the D