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If it were in my power, I would be wiser; but a newly felt power
carries me off in read more
If it were in my power, I would be wiser; but a newly felt power
carries me off in spite of myself; love leads me one way, my
understanding another.
[Lat., Si possem sanior essem.
Sed trahit invitam nova vis; aliudque Cupido,
Mens aliud.]
We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.
We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.
I would love to be loved for what I am, and not for what I have!
I would love to be loved for what I am, and not for what I have!
The ocean asks for nothing but those
who stand by her shores
gradually attune themselves to her rhythm
Charles Dickens read more
The ocean asks for nothing but those
who stand by her shores
gradually attune themselves to her rhythm
Charles Dickens in David Copperfield.
When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they read more
When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.
A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.
A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.
Love your friend with his faults.
Love your friend with his faults.
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same read more
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.
Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.
Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.