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True, we love life, not because we are used to living, but because we are used to loving. There is read more
True, we love life, not because we are used to living, but because we are used to loving. There is always some madness in love, but there is also always some reason in madness.
To make pleasures pleasant shorten them.
To make pleasures pleasant shorten them.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.
Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.
Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the infinite.
Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the infinite.
Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought read more
Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it.
A kiss is but a kiss now! and no wave of a great flood that whirls me to the sea. read more
A kiss is but a kiss now! and no wave of a great flood that whirls me to the sea. But, as you will! we'll sit contentedly, and eat our pot of honey on the grave.
Yearn to understand first and to be understood second.
Yearn to understand first and to be understood second.
Love is shown in your deeds, not in your words.
Love is shown in your deeds, not in your words.
