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This youth began to think within himself, saying: "Oh, how many good things I hear about this most radiant bride! Why then do you hesitate? Why do you not try if you might have her as your friend? Oh, how blessed you would be if you could have her as your bride! For you are a youth, and fit for love, and a heart so lively can never remain solitary and deprived of love." On another day, while the reader at the table read the Wisdom books, he heard Wisdom praised in this manner: "Wisdom is more beautiful than the sun, and compared to the light, she is found to be above every constellation of the stars. Through her I have loved and sought her out from my youth; and I sought to take her to myself as a bride, and I became a lover of her beauty. Entering into my house, I shall find rest with her; for her conversation has no bitterness, nor does her company bring weariness, but rather gladness and joy." Having heard these things, the youth began to burn with love for her. And he said within himself: "Surely, if you were to travel through all lands, you could not find her equal in graces."