Wallace StevensThe exceeding brightness of this early sun Makes me conceive how dark I have become.
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The exceeding brightness of this early sun makes me conceive how dark I have become. The quote above is from William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar. It is a line spoken by the character Marc Antony to his fellow conspirators. The quote is saying that while the early sunrise is beautiful, it makes you think that you are even more unlovely than you were before. This shows that the measure of our own beauty should be taken in contrast with what we think other people think of us.
Source: The Palm At The End Of The Mind: Selected Poems And A Play
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