Whether it is madness, intellect, hope, or despair, only that is truly yours which proves useful in the hour of need.
In this couplet, the poet cuts through the labels of human experience—passion, rationality, hope, or even despair—with a deeply comforting and practical truth. Life teaches us that it doesn't matter whether we rely on sound wisdom or pure wild instinct; what is genuinely yours is whatever helps you survive when you are pushed to the brink. Sometimes even our grief or madness becomes the very anchor that pulls us through the storm.
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