Quote#Heart
No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and dear…
Quote byBram Stoker · 1847–1912
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dracula (1897), Jonathan Harker.
English (original)
No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and dear to his heart and eye the morning can be.
— Bram Stoker
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