It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of truth... and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below.
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For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, read more
For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
Immature love says: "I love you because I need you." Mature love says: "I need you because I love you.".
Immature love says: "I love you because I need you." Mature love says: "I need you because I love you.".
Who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor with the Lord.
Who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor with the Lord.
Love is only the game that is not called on account of darkness.
Love is only the game that is not called on account of darkness.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.
To love another person is to see the face of God.
To love another person is to see the face of God.
Better to have loved a short man than never to have loved a tall.
Better to have loved a short man than never to have loved a tall.
The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
