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Or, perhaps, “true love” does exist - only, it comes with swords sheathed in scabbards of red and gold. People shy away from relationships that might cause them pain; it is this very fear that keeps them from experiencing the sort of pain that might ultimately give way to the spring of love. Kahlil Gibran captures it best :
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*“When **_love_** beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.”*
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*“When **love** beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.”*
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######<sup>1</sup>In this context, a rational act is one which has a reason stateable explicitly in objective terms. Irrationality, therefore, implies that - although a reason might exist - it is not known well enough to be put into words
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######<sup>2</sup>Flaws can be taken to mean any mixture of the following:
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##### <sup>1</sup>In this context, a rational act is one which has a reason stateable explicitly in objective terms. Irrationality, therefore, implies that - although a reason might exist - it is not known well enough to be put into words
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######(i) Idiosyncrasies/characteristics that you can live without
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##### <sup>2</sup>Flaws can be taken to mean any mixture of the following:
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######(ii) Idiosyncrasies/characteristics that the world finds irksome, but are accepted by the person in question
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##### (i) Idiosyncrasies/characteristics that you can live without
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######(iii) Idiosyncrasies/characteristics that when found in other people may prove irksome, but are acceptable when found in this person
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##### (ii) Idiosyncrasies/characteristics that the world finds irksome, but are accepted by the person in question
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##### (iii) Idiosyncrasies/characteristics that when found in other people may prove irksome, but are acceptable when found in this person
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